Category:Show

Show, v. t. [imp. Showed; p. p. Shown or showed; p. pr. & vb. n. Showing. It is sometimes written shew, shewed, shewn, shewing.] Etym: [oe. schowen, shewen, schewen, shawen, as. sceáwian, to look, see, View; akin to os. scaw, ofries. skawia, d. schouwen, ohg. scouw, g. Schauen, dan. skue, sw. sk, icel. sko, goth. usskawjan to waken, Skuggwa a mirror, icel. skuggy shade, shadow, l. cavere to be on One's guard, gr. kavi wise. Cf. 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. Matt. viii. 4. Nor want we skill or art from whence to raise magnificence; and what Can heaven show more milton.

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. Dryden.

5. To bestow; to confer; to afford; as, to show favor. Shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me. Ex. xx. 6. 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. [colloq.]

Show Show, v. i. Etym: [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. Dryden. All round a hedge upshoots, and shows at distance like a little wood. Tennyson.

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. Shak. To show off, to make a show; to display one's self.

Show Show, n. Etym: [formerly written also shew.]

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. Bacon.

3. Proud or ostentatious display; parade; pomp. I envy none their pageantry and show. Young.

4. Semblance; likeness; appearance. He through the midst unmarked, in show plebeian angel militant of Lowest order, passed. Milton.

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. (med.)

Defn: a discharge, from the vagina, of mucus streaked with blood, Occuring a short time before labor.

7. (mining)

Defn: a pale blue flame, at the top of a candle flame, indicating the Presence of fire damp. Raymond. 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 gla -- 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.