Show
Show , transitive verb
[Old English schowen, shewen, schewen, shawen, Anglo-Saxon sceáwian, to look, see, view; akin to Old Saxon scaw{not transcribed}n, OFries. skawia, Dutch schouwen, Old High German scouw{not transcribed}n, German schauen, Danish skue, Swedish sk{not transcribed}da, Icelandic sko{not transcribed}a, Gothic usskawjan to waken, skuggwa a mirror, Icelandic skuggy shade, shadow, Latin cavere to be on one's guard, Greek {not transcribed} to mark, perceive, hear, Sanskrit kavi wise. Compare Caution, Scavenger, Sheen.]
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.
Nor want we skill or art from whence to raise
Magnificence; and what can heaven show more?
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.
If it please my father to do thee evil, then I will shew it thee, and send thee away.
3.
Specifically, to make known the way to (a person); hence, to direct; to guide; to usher; 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.
5.
To bestow; to confer; to afford; as, to show favor.
Shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me.
Collocations (4)
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. [Colloquial]
Show , intransitive verb
[Written also shew.]
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.
All round a hedge upshoots, and shows
At distance like a little wood.
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.
Collocations (1)
To show off , to make a show; to display one's self.
Show , noun
[Formerly written also shew.]
1.
The act of showing, or bringing to view; exposure to sight; exhibition.
2.
That which is 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.
3.
Proud or ostentatious display; parade; pomp.
I envy none their pageantry and show.
4.
Semblance; likeness; appearance.
He through the midst unmarked,
In show plebeian angel militant
Of lowest order, passed.
5.
False semblance; deceitful appearance; pretense.
Beware of the scribes,... which devour widows' houses, and for a shew make long prayers.
6.
(Medicine) A discharge, from the vagina, of mucus streaked with blood, occurring a short time before labor.
7.
(Mining) A pale blue flame, at the top of a candle flame, indicating the presence of fire damp. — Raymond
Collocations (7)
Show bill , a broad sheet containing an advertisement in large letters.
Show box , a box containing some object of curiosity carried round as a show.
Show card , an advertising placard; also, a card for displaying samples.
Show case , a glazed 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.