meaning of show
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).
2. To exhibit to the mental view; to tell; to disclose; to reveal; to make known; as, to show ones designs.
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.
5. To bestow; to confer; to afford; as, to show favor.
6. To exhibit or manifest ones self or itself; to appear; to look; to be in appearance; to seem.
7. To have a certain appearance, as well or ill, fit or unfit; to become or suit; to appear.
8. The act of showing, or bringing to view; exposure to sight; exhibition.
9. 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.
10. Proud or ostentatious display; parade; pomp.
11. Semblance; likeness; appearance.
12. False semblance; deceitful appearance; pretense.
13. A discharge, from the vagina, of mucus streaked with blood, occuring a short time before labor.
14. A pale blue flame, at the top of a candle flame, indicating the presence of fire damp.
15. a public exhibition of entertainment; "a remarkable show of
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Related Words
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