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- 1 A surname.
- 1 A play, dance, or other entertainment. countable
"There were a thousand people at the show."
- 2 Synonym of shive (“wood fragment of the husk of flax or hemp”).
"When the flax is ſufficiently watered, it feels ſoft to the grip, and the harle parts eaſily with the boon or ſhow, which laſt is then become brittle, and looks whitiſh."
- 3 an act or social event involving a public performance or entertainment wordnet
- 4 An exhibition of items. countable
"art show; dog show"
- 5 pretending that something is the case in order to make a good impression wordnet
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- 6 A broadcast program, especially a light entertainment program. countable
"radio show; television show"
- 7 something intended to communicate a particular impression wordnet
- 8 A movie. countable
"Let's catch a show."
- 9 An agricultural exhibition. Australia, New-Zealand, countable
"I'm taking the kids to the show on Tuesday."
- 10 A project or presentation. countable, uncountable
"Let's get on with the show."
- 11 A demonstration. countable
"show of force"
- 12 Mere display or pomp with no substance. (Usually seen in the phrases "all show" and "for show".) uncountable
"I envy none their pageantry and show."
- 13 Outward appearance; wileful or deceptive appearance. countable, uncountable
"So may the outward shows be least themselves: The world is still deceived with ornament."
- 14 The major leagues. countable, uncountable, with-definite-article
"He played AA ball for years, but never made it to the show."
- 15 A pale blue flame at the top of a candle flame, indicating the presence of firedamp. countable, obsolete, uncountable
- 16 Pretence. archaic, countable, uncountable
- 17 Sign, token, or indication. archaic, countable, uncountable
- 18 Semblance; likeness; appearance. countable, obsolete, uncountable
"Beware of the scribes,[…]which devour widows' houses, and for a shew make long prayers."
- 19 Plausibility. countable, obsolete, uncountable
- 20 A discharge, from the vagina, of mucus streaked with blood, occurring a short time before labor. countable, uncountable
- 21 A battle; local conflict. countable, slang, uncountable
"A subaltern, wearing a glengarry, came out of a house, playing with the nose of a shell. He walked a little way with me. “Going into the show?”"
- 1 To display, to have somebody see (something). transitive
"The car's dull finish showed years of neglect."
- 2 establish the validity of something, as by an example, explanation or experiment wordnet
- 3 To bestow; to confer. transitive
"to show mercy; to show favour"
- 4 indicate a certain reading; of gauges and instruments wordnet
- 5 To indicate (a fact) to be true; to demonstrate. transitive
"He draws eclectically on studies of baboons, descriptive anthropological accounts of hunter-gatherer societies and, in a few cases, the fossil record. With this biological framework in place, Corning endeavors to show that the capitalist system as currently practiced in the United States and elsewhere is manifestly unfair."
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- 6 give evidence of, as of records wordnet
- 7 To guide or escort. transitive
"Could you please show him on his way. He has overstayed his welcome."
- 8 indicate a place, direction, person, or thing; either spatially or figuratively wordnet
- 9 To be visible; to be seen; to appear. intransitive
"Your bald patch is starting to show."
- 10 give expression to wordnet
- 11 To put in an appearance; show up. informal, intransitive
"We waited for an hour, but they never showed."
- 12 provide evidence for wordnet
- 13 To have an enlarged belly and thus be recognizable as pregnant. informal, intransitive
"Jessica: "So, um, do you think Bella's gonna be showing?" Angela: "Jess, she's not pregnant." Jessica: "Okay. Who else gets married at eighteen?""
- 14 finish third or better in a horse or dog race wordnet
- 15 To finish third, especially of horses or dogs. intransitive
"In the third race: Aces Up won, paying eight dollars; Blarney Stone placed, paying three dollars; and Cinnamon showed, paying five dollars."
- 16 show in, or as in, a picture wordnet
- 17 To reveal one's hand of cards. intransitive
"He called instantly but was too ashamed to show until the river."
- 18 take (someone) to their seats, as in theaters or auditoriums wordnet
- 19 To have a certain appearance, such as well or ill, fit or unfit; to become or suit; to appear. obsolete
"My lord of York, it better showed with you."
- 20 make visible or noticeable wordnet
- 21 be or become visible or noticeable wordnet
- 22 give an exhibition of to an interested audience wordnet
Etymology
From Middle English schewen, from Old English scēawian (“to look, look at, exhibit, display”), from Proto-West Germanic *skauwōn, from Proto-Germanic *skawwōną (“to look, see”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewh₁- (“to heed, look, feel, take note of”); see haw, gaum, caveat, caution. Cognate with Scots shaw (“to show”), Dutch schouwen (“to inspect, view”), German schauen (“to see, behold”), Danish skue (“to behold”). Related to sheen. Wider cognates include Ancient Greek κῦδος (kûdos), Latin caveō whence English caution and caveat, Sanskrit कवि (kaví, “seer, prophet, bard”), Proto-Slavic *čuti (whence Russian чу́ять (čújatʹ) and many more).
From Middle English schewe, from the verb (schewen).
Variant of shove, itself a variant of shive.
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