Show — Defs

01 v. t. To exhibit or present to view; to place in sight; to display; -- the thing exhibited being the object, and often with an indirect object de…

imp. Showed; p. p. Shown; p. pr. & vb. n. Showing

1.
To exhibit or present to view; to place in sight; to display; -- the thing exhibited being the object, and often with an indirect object denoting the person or thing seeing or beholding; as, to show a house; show your colors; shopkeepers show customers goods (show goods to customers).
“Go thy way, shew thyself to the priest.” — Matt. viii. 4.

“Nor want we skill or art from whence to raise Magnificence; and what can heaven show more?” — Milton.
2.
To exhibit to the mental view; to tell; to disclose; to reveal; to make known; as, to show one's designs.
“Shew them the way wherein they must walk.” — Ex. xviii. 20.

“If it please my father to do thee evil, then I will shew it thee, and send thee away.” — 1 Sam. xx. 13.
3.
Specifically, to make known the way to (a person); hence, to direct; to guide; to asher; to conduct; as, to show a person into a parlor; to show one to the door.
4.
To make apparent or clear, as by evidence, testimony, or reasoning; to prove; to explain; also, to manifest; to evince; as, to show the truth of a statement; to show the causes of an event.
“I 'll show my duty by my timely care.” — Dryden.
5.
To bestow; to confer; to afford; as, to show favor.
“Shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me.” — Ex. xx. 6.

Phrases & compounds

To show forth — to manifest; to publish; to proclaim.

To show his paces — to exhibit the gait, speed, or the like; -- said especially of a horse.

To show off — to exhibit ostentatiously.

To show up — to expose.

02 v. i. To exhibit or manifest one's self or itself; to appear; to look; to be in appearance; to seem.

1.
To exhibit or manifest one's self or itself; to appear; to look; to be in appearance; to seem.
“Just such she shows before a rising storm.” — Dryden.

“All round a hedge upshoots, and shows At distance like a little wood.” — Tennyson.
2.
To have a certain appearance, as well or ill, fit or unfit; to become or suit; to appear.
“My lord of York, it better showed with you.” — Shak.

Phrases & compounds

To show off — to make a show; to display one's self.

03 n. The act of showing, or bringing to view; exposure to sight; exhibition.

1.
The act of showing, or bringing to view; exposure to sight; exhibition.
2.
That which os shown, or brought to view; that which is arranged to be seen; a spectacle; an exhibition; as, a traveling show; a cattle show.
“As for triumphs, masks, feasts, and such shows.” — Bacon.
3.
Proud or ostentatious display; parade; pomp.
“I envy none their pageantry and show.” — Young.
4.
Semblance; likeness; appearance.
“He through the midst unmarked, In show plebeian angel militant Of lowest order, passed.” — Milton.
5.
False semblance; deceitful appearance; pretense.
“Beware of the scribes, . . . which devour widows' houses, and for a shew make long prayers.” — Luke xx. 46. 47.
6.
A discharge, from the vagina, of mucus streaked with blood, occuring a short time before labor.(Med.)
7.
A pale blue flame, at the top of a candle flame, indicating the presence of fire damp.(Mining)

Phrases & compounds

Show bill — a broad sheet containing an advertisement in large letters.

Show box — a box xontaining some object of curiosity carried round as a show.

Show card — an advertising placard; also, a card for displaying samples.

Show case — a gla�ed case, box, or cabinet for displaying and protecting shopkeepers' wares, articles on exhibition in museums, etc.

Show glass — a glass which displays objects; a mirror.

Show of hands — a raising of hands to indicate judgment; as, the vote was taken by a show of hands.

Show stone — a piece of glass or crystal supposed to have the property of exhibiting images of persons or things not present, indicating in that way future events.