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 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/programme.
• A movie.
• An agricultural show.
• 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.
• Sign, token, or indication.
• Semblance; likeness; appearance.
• Plausibility.
• A discharge, from the vagina, of mucus streaked with blood, occurring a short time before labor.

Related

Similar words

• display, indicate, point out, reveal, exhibit
• demonstrate, prove
• arrive, show up
• exhibition, exposition
• demonstration, illustration, proof
• façade, front, superficiality
• big leagues

Opposite words

• conceal, cover up, hide
• disprove, refute

Origin

• From Middle English schewen, schawen, scheawen, from Old English scēawian ("to look, look at, exhibit, display"), 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"), Saterland 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.