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English Dictionary: show	by the DICT Development Group
5 results for show
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
show n the act of publicly exhibiting or entertaining; "a remarkable show of skill" something intended to communicate a particular impression; "made a display of strength"; "a show of impatience"; "a good show of looking interested" Synonym(s): display, show a social event involving a public performance or entertainment; "they wanted to see some of the shows on Broadway" pretending that something is the case in order to make a good impression; "they try to keep up appearances"; "that ceremony is just for show" Synonym(s): appearance, show v give an exhibition of to an interested audience; "She shows her dogs frequently"; "We will demo the new software in Washington" Synonym(s): show, demo, exhibit, present, demonstrate establish the validity of something, as by an example, explanation or experiment; "The experiment demonstrated the instability of the compound"; "The mathematician showed the validity of the conjecture" Synonym(s): prove, demonstrate, establish, show, shew Antonym(s): confute, disprove provide evidence for; "The blood test showed that he was the father"; "Her behavior testified to her incompetence" Synonym(s): testify, bear witness, prove, evidence, show make visible or noticeable; "She showed her talent for cooking"; "Show me your etchings, please" Antonym(s): conceal, hide show in, or as in, a picture; "This scene depicts country life"; "the face of the child is rendered with much tenderness in this painting" Synonym(s): picture, depict, render, show give expression to; "She showed her disappointment" Synonym(s): express, show, evince indicate a place, direction, person, or thing; either spatially or figuratively; "I showed the customer the glove section"; "He pointed to the empty parking space"; "he indicated his opponents" Synonym(s): indicate, point, designate, show be or become visible or noticeable; "His good upbringing really shows"; "The dirty side will show" Synonym(s): show, show up indicate a certain reading; of gauges and instruments; "The thermometer showed thirteen degrees below zero"; "The gauge read `empty'" Synonym(s): read, register, show, record give evidence of, as of records; "The diary shows his distress that evening" take (someone) to their seats, as in theaters or auditoriums; "The usher showed us to our seats" Synonym(s): usher, show finish third or better in a horse or dog race; "he bet $2 on number six to show"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Show \Show\, v. t. [imp. {Showed}; p. p. {Shown}or {Showed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Showing}. It is sometimes written {shew}, {shewed}, {shewn}, {shewing}.] [OE. schowen, shewen, schewen, shawen, AS. sce[a0]wian, to look, see, view; akin to OS. scaw[?]n, OFries. skawia, D. schouwen, OHG. scouw[?]n, G. schauen, Dan. skue, Sw. sk[?]da, Icel. sko[?]a, Goth. usskawjan to waken, skuggwa a mirror, Icel. skuggy shade, shadow, L. cavere to be on one's guard, Gr. [?][?][?] to mark, perceive, hear, Skr. 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.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Show \Show\, v. i. [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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Show \Show\, n. [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.) A discharge, from the vagina, of mucus streaked with blood, occuring a short time before labor. 7. (Mining) 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[?]ed case, box, or cabinet for displaying and protecting shopkeepers' wares, articles on exhibition in museums, etc. {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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
In quarter, and in terms like bride and groom. --Shak. I knew two that were competitors for the secretary's place, . . . and yet kept good quarter between themselves. --Bacon. {False quarter}, a cleft in the quarter of a horse's foot. {Fifth quarter}, the hide and fat; -- a butcher's term. {On the quarter} (Naut.), in a direction between abeam and astern; opposite, or nearly opposite, a vessel's quarter. {Quarter aspect}. (Astrol.) Same as {Quadrate}. {Quarter back} (Football), the player who has position next behind center rush, and receives the ball on the snap back. {Quarter badge} (Naut.), an ornament on the side of a vessel near, the stern. --Mar. Dict. {Quarter bill} (Naut.), a list specifying the different stations to be taken by the officers and crew in time of action, and the names of the men assigned to each. {Quarter block} (Naut.), a block fitted under the quarters of a yard on each side of the slings, through which the clew lines and sheets are reeved. --R. H. Dana, Jr. {Quarter boat} (Naut.), a boat hung at a vessel's quarter. {Quarter cloths} (Naut.), long pieces of painted canvas, used to cover the quarter netting. {Quarter day}, a day regarded as terminating a quarter of the year; hence, one on which any payment, especially rent, becomes due. In matters influenced by United States statutes, quarter days are the first days of January, April, July, and October. In New York and many other places, as between landlord and tenant, they are the first days of May, August, November, and February. The quarter days usually recognized in England are 25th of March (Lady Day), the 24th of June (Midsummer Day), the 29th of September (Michaelmas Day), and the 25th of December (Christmas Day). {Quarter face}, in fine arts, portrait painting, etc., a face turned away so that but one quarter is visible. {Quarter gallery} (Naut.), a balcony on the quarter of a ship. See {Gallery}, 4. {Quarter gunner} (Naut.), a petty officer who assists the gunner. {Quarter look}, a side glance. [Obs.] --B. Jonson. {Quarter nettings} (Naut.), hammock nettings along the quarter rails. {Quarter note} (Mus.), a note equal in duration to half a minim or a fourth of semibreve; a crochet. {Quarter pieces} (Naut.), several pieces of timber at the after-part of the quarter gallery, near the taffrail. --Totten. {Quarter point}. (Naut.) See {Quarter}, n., 1 (n) . {Quarter railing}, [or] {Quarter rails} (Naut.), narrow molded planks reaching from the top of the stern to the gangway, serving as a fence to the quarter-deck. {Quarter sessions} (Eng. Law), a general court of criminal jurisdiction held quarterly by the justices of peace in counties and by the recorders in boroughs. {Quarter square} (Math.), the fourth part of the square of a number. Tables of quarter squares have been devised to save labor in multiplying numbers. {Quarter turn}, {Quarter turn belt} (Mach.), an arrangement in which a belt transmits motion between two shafts which are at right angles with each other. {Quarter watch} (Naut.), a subdivision of the full watch (one fourth of the crew) on a man-of- war. {To give}, [or] {show}, {quarter} (Mil.), to accept as prisoner, on submission in battle; to forbear to kill, as a vanquished enemy. {To keep quarter}. See {Quarter}, n., 3.