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verb shows · showing · showed · shew · shown

1. transitive To display, convey or exhibit; to have something available for others to see; to direct attention to something. The king showed great wisdom in his decisions.
2. transitive To indicate; to convey facts that lead to a conclusion. The record shows that you have been late twelve times this year.
3. transitive To guide or escort; to show the way. Could you please show him on his way. He has overstayed his welcome.
4. transitive To bestow; to confer. to show mercy; to show favour
5. transitive To put on a movie, TV show, etc; to be presented in this way. The cinema on Ninth Avenue is showing a couple family movies.
6. transitive To display artwork in a gallery or museum. John is showing his work tonight.
7. transitive To display on offer. The store on Eighth Street is showing the new spring collection in the window.
8. transitive To give hints to the apparent or purported nature of one's hand of cards. There's a bunch of ways to show a bad hand.
9. intransitive, transitive To reveal one's hand of cards. He just wanted to finish this hand, so he showed as soon as he could.
10. intransitive, transitive To participate in a dog show, cat show, etc.; to compete with an animal at such a show; to be entered and displayed at such a show. That's why we don't show in Philadelphia anymore.
11. transitive To prove (a fact) to be true; to demonstrate; to instruct. We showed that the hypothesis is correct.
12. reflexive, transitive To reveal one's condition or nature. She showed herself to be a jerk.
13. sometimes, transitive To demonstrate to another that they are wrong; to vindicate to someone; to prove something to those who doubt it; to suffice as revenge against someone. She doesn't think I can win, so if I do, that'll show her.
14. intransitive To be or become visible or apparent; to be seen or demonstrated; to appear or be made to appear. That wine stain shows on your shirt. You should wear a jacket to cover it up, so it doesn't show.
15. informal, intransitive To put in an appearance; show up. Nobody even showed at our party.
16. intransitive To finish third in a race, especially in horse or dog racing. In the third race: Aces Up won, paying eight dollars; Blarney Stone placed, paying three dollars; and Cinnamon showed, paying five dollars.
17. intransitive To come into view on a screen; to become visible on a screen. An error message will show on your monitor.
18. informal, intransitive To have an enlarged belly and thus be recognizable as pregnant. She's not showing yet, so I didn't realize she was pregnant.
19. archaic, copulative, intransitive To appear (a certain way). He showed tired after a long day's toil.
20. intransitive, obsolete To appear or suit; to reflect well or poorly on someone; to be fitting. My lord of York, it better showed with you.

Similar: display, exhibit, flaunt, indicate, parade, point out, reveal, rub one's nose in, show off, visiblize

noun shows · shew · shewe · showe

1. countable A play, dance, or other entertainment. There were a thousand people at the show.
2. countable An exhibition of items. art show;  dog show
3. countable A broadcast program, especially a light entertainment program. radio show;  television show
4. countable A movie. Let's catch a show.
5. Australia, New Zealand, countable An agricultural exhibition. I'm taking the kids to the show on Tuesday.
6. countable, uncountable A project or presentation. Let's get on with the show.
7. countable A demonstration. show of force
8. uncountable Mere display or pomp with no substance. (Usually seen in the phrases “all show” and “for show”.) I envy none their pageantry and show.
9. countable, uncountable Outward appearance; wileful or deceptive appearance. So may the outward shows be least themselves: The world is still deceived with ornament.
10. countable, uncountable The major leagues. He played AA ball for years, but never made it to the show.
11. countable, obsolete, uncountable A pale blue flame at the top of a candle flame, indicating the presence of firedamp.
12. archaic, countable, uncountable Pretence.
13. archaic, countable, uncountable Sign, token, or indication.
14. countable, obsolete, uncountable Semblance; likeness; appearance. Beware of the scribes,[…]which devour widows' houses, and for a shew make long prayers.
15. countable, obsolete, uncountable Plausibility.
16. countable, uncountable A discharge, from the vagina, of mucus streaked with blood, occurring a short time before labor.
17. countable, slang, uncountable A battle; local conflict. 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?”
18. countable, uncountable A circular impression on sand, indicating the presence of a clam by its siphon. Iron Springs offers a guided clam dig for first timers or those who are rusty at spotting the clam's show at low tide. It includes a license and all the equipment you'll need to catch your limit on Copalis Beach […]

Similar: big leagues

noun shows · shew · shewe · showe

1. 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.

proper noun

1. A surname.