Show Definition

shō
showed, showing, shown, shows
verb
showed, showing, shown, shows
To bring or put in sight or view; cause or allow to appear or be seen; make visible; exhibit; display.
Webster's New World
To be apparent or noticeable.
A scratch that hardly shows.
Webster's New World
To enter (animals, flowers, etc.) in a competitive show.
Webster's New World
To display for sale, in exhibition, or in competition.
Showed her most recent paintings.
American Heritage
To permit access to (a house, for example) when offering for sale or rent.
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noun
shows
A showing, demonstration, or manifestation.
A show of passion.
Webster's New World
An indication of the presence of metal, coal, oil, etc. in the earth; trace.
Webster's New World
The discharge of bloody mucus from the vagina indicating the start of labor.
American Heritage
A display or appearance, specif. a colorful or striking one.
Webster's New World
The first discharge of blood in menstruation.
American Heritage
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adjective

Of or having to do with a show, specif. a Broadway or Hollywood musical.

A medley of show tunes.
Webster's New World
idiom
get the show on the road
  • To get started.
American Heritage
show (one's) hand
  • To display one's cards with faces up.
  • To state one's intentions or reveal one's resources, especially when previously hidden.
American Heritage
show (one's) heels
  • To depart from quickly; flee.
American Heritage
show (someone) a good time
  • To occupy (someone) with amusing things; entertain.
American Heritage
for show
  • in order to attract notice or attention
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Show

Noun

Singular:
show
Plural:
shows

Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Show

Origin of Show

  • From Middle English schewen, schawen, scheawen, from Old English scēawian (“to look, look at, observe, gaze, behold, see, look on with favor, look favorably on, regard, have respect for, look at with care, consider, inspect, examine, scrutinize, reconnoiter, look out, look for, seek for, select, choose, provide, show (favor, respect, etc.), exhibit, display, grant, decree”), from Proto-Germanic *skauwōną, *skawwōną (“to look, see”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ḱou-, *(s)ḱeu- (“to heed, look, feel, take note of”); see haw, caveo, caution. Cognate with Scots shaw (“to show”), Eastern Frisian scoe (“to look, behold”), Dutch schouwen (“to inspect, view”), German schauen (“to see, behold”), Danish skue (“to behold”), Icelandic skygna (“to spy, behold, see”). Related to sheen.

    From Wiktionary

  • Middle English sheuen, shouen from Old English scēawian to look at, display

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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