SHOW


Meaning of SHOW in English

noun semblance; likeness; appearance.

2. show ·noun proud or ostentatious display; parade; pomp.

3. show ·noun false semblance; deceitful appearance; pretense.

4. show ·noun the act of showing, or bringing to view; exposure to sight; exhibition.

5. show ·noun a pale blue flame, at the top of a candle flame, indicating the presence of fire damp.

6. show ·noun a discharge, from the vagina, of mucus streaked with blood, occuring a short time before labor.

7. show ·vi to have a certain appearance, as well or ill, fit or unfit; to become or suit; to appear.

8. show ·vt to bestow; to confer; to afford; as, to show favor.

9. show ·noun 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. show ·vi to exhibit or manifest one's self or itself; to appear; to look; to be in appearance; to seem.

11. show ·vt to exhibit to the mental view; to tell; to disclose; to reveal; to make known; as, to show one's designs.

12. show ·vt 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.

13. show ·vt 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.

14. show ·vt 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).

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