Show meanings. All definitions of Show

transitive verb show offer for sale 1

transitive verb show produce facts, evidence 1

transitive verb show express 1

transitive verb show grant: favour, mercy 1

transitive verb show broadcast: film, TV show 1

verb with object show to cause or allow to be seen; exhibit; display. 1

verb with object show to present or perform as a public entertainment or spectacle: to show a movie. 1

verb with object show to indicate; point out: to show the way. 1

verb with object show to guide, escort, or usher: He showed me to my room. Show her in. 1

verb with object show to explain or make clear; make known: He showed what he meant. 1

verb with object show to make known to; inform, instruct, or prove to: I'll show you what I mean. 1

verb with object show to prove; demonstrate: His experiment showed the falsity of the theory. 1

verb with object show to indicate, register, or mark: The thermometer showed 10 below zero. 1

verb with object show to exhibit or offer for sale: to show a house. 1

verb with object show to allege, as in a legal document; plead, as a reason or cause. 1

verb with object show to produce, as facts in an affidavit or at a hearing. 1

verb with object show to express or make evident by appearance, behavior, speech, etc.: to show one's feelings. 1

verb with object show to accord or grant (favor, kindness, etc.): He showed mercy in his decision. 1

verb without object show to be seen; be or become visible: Does my slip show? 1

verb without object show to be seen in a certain way: to show to advantage. 1

verb without object show to put on an exhibition or performance; display one's goods or products: Several dress designers are showing in New York now. 1

verb without object show Informal. to be present or keep an appointment; show up: He said he would be there, but he didn't show. 1

verb without object show to finish third in a horse race, harness race, etc. 1

noun show a theatrical production, performance, or company. 1

noun show a radio or television program. 1

noun show a motion picture. 1

noun show an exposition for dealers or the public of products by various manufacturers in a particular industry, usually held in an exhibition hall, convention facility, or the like: the annual boat show. 1

noun show any kind of public exhibition or exposition: a show of Renoirs. 1

noun show ostentatious display: nothing but mere show. 1

noun show a display, exhibition, or demonstration: a true show of freedom. 1

noun show an indication; trace: He frowned on the slightest show of emotion. 1

noun show the position of the competitor who comes in third in a horse race, harness race, etc. Compare place (def 27b), win1 (def 17). 1

noun show appearance; impression: to make a sorry show. 1

noun show a sight or spectacle. 1

noun show an unreal or deceptive appearance: The actress's tears had the show of grief. 1

noun show an act or instance of showing. 1

noun show a motion-picture theater. 1

noun show Informal. a chance: to get a fair show. 1

noun show Medicine/Medical. the first appearance of blood at the onset of menstruation. a blood-tinged mucous discharge from the vagina that indicates the onset of labor. 1

noun show Chiefly British Informal. any undertaking, group of persons, event, etc.; affair; thing. 1

idioms show make a show of, to be ostentatious about; affect: Whenever there are visitors, the bosses make a show of being nice to their employees. 1

idioms show run the show, to control a business, situation, etc.; be in charge: My father runs the show in our house. 1

idioms show steal the show, to usurp the credit or get the applause for something: That woman can act, but the child stole the show. He did all the work, but his partner stole the show. to be the most pleasing or spectacular item or person in a group. 1

idioms show stop the show, to win such enthusiastic applause that a theatrical performance is temporarily interrupted. 1

transitive verb show make visible 1

transitive verb show display 1

transitive verb show demonstrate 1

transitive verb show exhibit 1

transitive verb show present, perform 1

intransitive verb show be visible 1

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