Show

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·noun Semblance; likeness; appearance.

II. Show ·noun Proud or ostentatious display; parade; pomp.

III. Show ·noun False semblance; deceitful appearance; pretense.

IV. Show ·noun The act of showing, or bringing to view; exposure to sight; exhibition.

V. Show ·noun A pale blue flame, at the top of a candle flame, indicating the presence of fire damp.

VI. Show ·noun A discharge, from the vagina, of mucus streaked with blood, occuring a short time before labor.

VII. Show ·vi To have a certain appearance, as well or ill, fit or unfit; to become or suit; to Appear.

VIII. Show ·vt To Bestow; to Confer; to Afford; as, to show favor.

IX. 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.

X. Show ·vi To exhibit or manifest one's self or itself; to Appear; to Look; to be in appearance; to Seem.

XI. Show ·vt To exhibit to the mental view; to Tell; to Disclose; to Reveal; to make known; as, to show one's designs.

XII. 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.

XIII. 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.

XIV. 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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