shower bath

show-er, v . t . & i . [SHOWER (2), s .] A. Transitive : *1. To water with a shower or showers; to wet with rain. "Lest it again di olve and shower the earth." Milton: P. L., xi. 883. 2. To pour down copiously and rapidly; to bestow liberally; to distribute or scatter freely. "The commodore's yacht was showering rockets and burning lights."- Field , Sept. 4, 1886. B. In trans.: To rain in showers; to pour or fall down copiously. "It rained down fortune showering on your head." Shakesp.: Henry IV ., Pt . I. , v. i. show-er-i-ne , s. [Eng. showery, -ne .] The quality or state of being showery. *show-er-ing, adj . [English shower (2); -ing .] Showery.