Word Meaning

show definition and meaning

v. t. 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).
v. t. To exhibit to the mental view; to tell; to disclose; to reveal; to make known; as, to show one's designs.
v. t. 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.
v. t. 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.
v. t. To bestow; to confer; to afford; as, to show favor.
v. i. To exhibit or manifest one's self or itself; to appear; to look; to be in appearance; to seem.
v. i. To have a certain appearance, as well or ill, fit or unfit; to become or suit; to appear.
n. The act of showing, or bringing to view; exposure to sight; exhibition.
n. 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.
n. Proud or ostentatious display; parade; pomp.
n. Semblance; likeness; appearance.
n. False semblance; deceitful appearance; pretense.
n. A discharge, from the vagina, of mucus streaked with blood, occuring a short time before labor.
n. A pale blue flame, at the top of a candle flame, indicating the presence of fire damp.

Crossword clues for show

- Display
- Display TV program
- Display TV programme
- Exhibit
- Exhibition
- Fair demonstration
- How’s new TV programme?
- Outward appearance
- Performance
- Stage production
- Unveil
- West End musical