show
Meanings
verb
- To display, to have somebody see (something).
- To bestow; to confer.
- To indicate (a fact) to be true; to demonstrate.
- To guide or escort.
- To be visible; to be seen; to appear.
- To appear, look (a certain way)
- To put in an appearance; show up.
- To have an enlarged belly and thus be recognizable as pregnant.
- To finish third, especially of horses or dogs.
- To reveal one's hand of cards.
- To have a certain appearance, such as well or ill, fit or unfit; to become or suit; to appear.
noun
- A play, dance, or other entertainment.
- An exhibition of items.
- A broadcast program, especially a light entertainment program.
- A movie.
- An agricultural exhibition.
- A project or presentation.
- A demonstration.
- Mere display or pomp with no substance. (Usually seen in the phrases "all show" and "for show".)
- Outward appearance; wileful or deceptive appearance.
- The major leagues.
- A pale blue flame at the top of a candle flame, indicating the presence of firedamp.
- Pretence.
noun
- Synonym of shive (“wood fragment of the husk of flax or hemp”).
name
- A surname.
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Etymology
From Middle English schewen, from Old English scēawian (“to look, look at, exhibit, display”), from Proto-West Germanic *skauwōn, from Proto-Germanic *skawwōną (“to look, see”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewh₁- (“to heed, look, feel, take note of”); see haw, gaum, caveat, caution. Cognate with Scots shaw (“to show”), Dutch schouwen (“to inspect, view”), German schauen (“to see, behold”), Danish skue (“to behold”). Related to sheen. Wider cognates include Ancient Greek κῦδος (kûdos), Latin caveō whence English caution and caveat, Sanskrit कवि (kaví, “seer, prophet, bard”), Proto-Slavic *čuti (whence Russian чу́ять (čújatʹ) and many more).
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