show

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   To display, to have somebody see (something).

   • The car's dull finish showed years of neglect.
   • All he had to show for four years of attendance at college was a framed piece of paper.
   • I do some sculpturing, but I don't like to show anybody.
2. 2

   To bestow

   To bestow; to confer.

   • to show mercy; to show favour
   • (dialectal) show me the salt please
3. 3

   To indicate (a fact) to be true

   To indicate (a fact) to be true; to demonstrate.

   • 2018, VOA Learning English > China's Melting Glacier Brings Visitors, Adds to Climate Concerns A report this year in the Journal of Geophysical Research showed that the glacier has lost 60 percent of its mass.
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   1. 4

      To guide or escort.

      • Could you please show him on his way. He has overstayed his welcome.
      • Who can show me to office? -I'll show in.
   2. 5

      To be visible

      To be visible; to be seen; to appear.

      • Your bald patch is starting to show.
      • At length, his gloom showed.
      • Just such she shows before a rising storm.
   3. 6

      To appear, look (a certain way)

      • […] until the grey wintry dawn paled them, and the chill earth showed ghostly and desolate in the cold light.
      • The exposed dura showed healthy and was left undisturbed.
      • He blinked with his eyes, and the damp dripped from his face, which showed haggard and drawn; but Appleby, who wondered if his own wore that look, surmised that this was not due to cowardice, and understood why the man breathed in gasps.
   4. 7

      To put in an appearance

      To put in an appearance; show up.

      • We waited for an hour, but they never showed.
   5. 8

      To have an enlarged belly and thus be recognizable as pregnant.

      • Jessica: "So, um, do you think Bella's gonna be showing?" Angela: "Jess, she's not pregnant." Jessica: "Okay. Who else gets married at eighteen?"
      • "My friend is due 2 weeks after me and she has this cute bump. I’m barely showing! Could something be wrong?
   6. 9

      To finish third, especially of horses or dogs.

      • In the third race: Aces Up won, paying eight dollars; Blarney Stone placed, paying three dollars; and Cinnamon showed, paying five dollars.
   7. 10

      To reveal one's hand of cards.

      • He called instantly but was too ashamed to show until the river.
   8. 11

      To have a certain appearance, such as well or ill, fit or unfit

      To have a certain appearance, such as well or ill, fit or unfit; to become or suit; to appear.

      • My lord of York, it better showed with you.
   9. 12

      A play, dance, or other entertainment.

      • There were a thousand people at the show.
   10. 13

       An exhibition of items.

       • art show;  dog show
   11. 14

       A broadcast program, especially a light entertainment program.

       • radio show;  television show
       • They performed in the show.
       • I spotted my neighbour on the morning TV show.
   12. 15

       A movie.

       • Let's catch a show.
   13. 16

       An agricultural exhibition.

       • I'm taking the kids to the show on Tuesday.
       • E. C. McEnulty, who won the chop at the show on Thursday, cut through a foot lying block in 34 seconds
   14. 17

       A project or presentation.

       • Let's get on with the show.
       • Let's get this show on the road.
       • They went on an international road show to sell the shares to investors.
   15. 18

       A demonstration.

       • show of force
   16. 19

       Mere display or pomp with no substance. (Usually seen in the phrases "all show" and "for…

       Mere display or pomp with no substance. (Usually seen in the phrases "all show" and "for show".)

       • I envy none their pageantry and show.
       • The dog sounds ferocious but it's all show.
   17. 20

       Outward appearance

       Outward appearance; wileful or deceptive appearance.

       • So may the outward shows be least themselves: The world is still deceived with ornament.
   18. 21

       The major leagues.

       • He played AA ball for years, but never made it to the show.
   19. 22

       A pale blue flame at the top of a candle flame, indicating the presence of firedamp.

   20. 23

       Pretence.

   21. 24

       Sign, token, or indication.

   22. 25

       Semblance

       Semblance; likeness; appearance.

       • Beware of the scribes,[…]which devour widows' houses, and for a shew make long prayers.
       • He through the midst unmarked, In show plebeian angel militant Of lowest order, passed.
   23. 26

       Plausibility.

   24. 27

       A discharge, from the vagina, of mucus streaked with blood, occurring a short time before…

       A discharge, from the vagina, of mucus streaked with blood, occurring a short time before labor.

   25. 28

       A battle

       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?”
   26. 29

       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.
       • Old houses in the north-east sometimes have a thick layer of flax waste or “shows” under the thatch.
   27. 30

       A surname.

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• synonymbig leagues
• antonymconcealantonym(s) of “display”
• antonymcover upantonym(s) of “display”
• antonymhideantonym(s) of “display”
• antonymdisproveantonym(s) of “indicate a fact to be true”
• antonymrefuteantonym(s) of “indicate a fact to be true”
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