Display
Display , transitive verb
[Old English displaien, desplaien, Old French despleier, desploier, French déployer; pref. des- (Latin dis-) + pleier, ploier, plier, French ployer, plier, to fold, bend, Latin plicare. See Ply, and compare Deploy, Splay.]
1.
To unfold; to spread wide; to expand; to stretch out; to spread.
The northern wind his wings did broad display.
2.
(Military) To extend the front of (a column), bringing it into line. — Farrow
3.
To spread before the view; to show; to exhibit to the sight, or to the mind; to make manifest.
His statement... displays very clearly the actual condition of the army.
4.
To make an exhibition of; to set in view conspicuously or ostentatiously; to exhibit for the sake of publicity; to parade.
Proudly displaying the insignia of their order.
5.
(Printing) To make conspicuous by large or prominent type.
6.
To discover; to descry. [Obsolete]
And from his seat took pleasure to display
The city so adorned with towers.
7.
(Computers) To output (results or data) in a visible manner on the screen of a monitor, CRT, or other device.
Display , intransitive verb
To make a display; to act as one making a show or demonstration. — Shakespeare
Display , noun
1.
An opening or unfolding; exhibition; manifestation.
Having witnessed displays of his power and grace.
2.
Ostentatious show; exhibition for effect; parade.
He died, as erring man should die,
Without display, without parade.
3.
(Electronics) An electronic device on which the output signal of another electronic device may be presented in a visual form; -- also called display device. Typically the display device it is the screen of a cathode-ray tube, as in a computer monitor, but other forms of visual display such as LED or liquid crystal devices are also used. The printed output from a computer or other device is not considered as a display.
4.
(Computers) The output signal from a computer program, displayed on a display device. The displayed signal may consist of letters, numbers, or any graphical image.
5.
(Biology) a pattern of behavior, such as showing a body part to another animal, by which one animal conveys information to another, as for mating or defense.