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Show

v. t.

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?
  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.
  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.

Show

v. i.
  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.

Phrases & Compounds
To show off
to make a show; to display one's self.

Show

n.
  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.
  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.
    — 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 glaed 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.