show

Definitions of show in various dictionaries:

noun - the act of publicly exhibiting or entertaining

noun - something intended to communicate a particular impression

noun - a social event involving a public performance or entertainment

noun - pretending that something is the case in order to make a good impression

verb - give an exhibition of to an interested audience

verb - establish the validity of something, as by an example, explanation or experiment

verb - provide evidence for

verb - make visible or noticeable

verb - show in, or as in, a picture

verb - give expression to

verb - indicate a place, direction, person, or thing

verb - be or become visible or noticeable

verb - indicate a certain reading

verb - give evidence of, as of records

verb - take (someone) to their seats, as in theaters or auditoriums

verb - finish third or better in a horse or dog race

To cause or allow to be seen; display.

To display for sale, in exhibition, or in competition: showed her most recent paintings.

To conduct; guide: showed them to the table.

To direct one’s attention to; point out: show them the biggest squash in the garden.

To manifest (an emotion or a condition, for example); reveal: showed displeasure at his remark; a carpet that shows wear.

To permit access to (a house, for example) when offering for sale or rent.

To reveal (oneself) as in one’s behavior or condition: The old boat showed itself to be seaworthy.

To indicate; register: The altimeter showed that the plane was descending.

To demonstrate by reasoning or procedure: showed that the hypothesis was wrong; a film that showed how to tune a piano.

To demonstrate to by reasoning or procedure; inform or prove to: showed him how to fix the camera; showed her that it could really happen.

To grant; bestow: showed no mercy to the traitors.

To plead; allege: show cause.

To be or become visible or evident.

To make an appearance; show up: didn’t show for her appointment.

To give a performance or present an exhibition.

To finish third or better in a horserace or dog race.

A display; a manifestation: made a show of strength.

A trace or an indication, as of oil in a well.

The discharge of bloody mucus from the vagina indicating the start of labor.

The first discharge of blood in menstruation.

A false appearance; a pretense: only a show of kindness.

A striking appearance or display; a spectacle.

A pompous or ostentatious display.

Display or outward appearance: This antique tea service is just for show.

A public exhibition or entertainment.

A radio or television program.

A movie.

A theatrical troupe or company.

An affair or undertaking: ran the whole show.

Third place at the finish, as in a horserace.

To be clearly visible.

To put in an appearance; arrive.

To expose or reveal the true character or nature of: showed their efforts up as a waste of time.

To surpass, as in ability or intelligence.

To display one’s cards with faces up.

These verb s mean to present something to view.

adj - to cause or permit to be seen [v SHOWED, SHOWN, SHOWING, SHOWS] : SHOWABLE