ALL meanings of shown
shown
S s - verb shown a past participle of show. 1
- verb with object shown to cause or allow to be seen; exhibit; display. 1
- verb with object shown to present or perform as a public entertainment or spectacle: to show a movie. 1
- verb with object shown to indicate; point out: to show the way. 1
- verb with object shown to guide, escort, or usher: He showed me to my room. Show her in. 1
- verb with object shown to explain or make clear; make known: He showed what he meant. 1
- verb with object shown to make known to; inform, instruct, or prove to: I'll show you what I mean. 1
- verb with object shown to prove; demonstrate: His experiment showed the falsity of the theory. 1
- verb with object shown to indicate, register, or mark: The thermometer showed 10 below zero. 1
- verb with object shown to exhibit or offer for sale: to show a house. 1
- verb with object shown to allege, as in a legal document; plead, as a reason or cause. 1
- verb with object shown to produce, as facts in an affidavit or at a hearing. 1
- verb with object shown to express or make evident by appearance, behavior, speech, etc.: to show one's feelings. 1
- verb with object shown to accord or grant (favor, kindness, etc.): He showed mercy in his decision. 1
- verb without object shown to be seen; be or become visible: Does my slip show? 1
- verb without object shown to be seen in a certain way: to show to advantage. 1
- verb without object shown 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 shown 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 shown to finish third in a horse race, harness race, etc. 1
- noun shown a theatrical production, performance, or company. 1
- noun shown a radio or television program. 1
- noun shown a motion picture. 1
- noun shown 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 shown any kind of public exhibition or exposition: a show of Renoirs. 1
- noun shown ostentatious display: nothing but mere show. 1
- noun shown a display, exhibition, or demonstration: a true show of freedom. 1
- noun shown an indication; trace: He frowned on the slightest show of emotion. 1
- noun shown 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 shown appearance; impression: to make a sorry show. 1
- noun shown a sight or spectacle. 1
- noun shown an unreal or deceptive appearance: The actress's tears had the show of grief. 1
- noun shown an act or instance of showing. 1
- noun shown a motion-picture theater. 1
- noun shown Informal. a chance: to get a fair show. 1
- noun shown 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 shown Chiefly British Informal. any undertaking, group of persons, event, etc.; affair; thing. 1
- idioms shown 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 shown run the show, to control a business, situation, etc.; be in charge: My father runs the show in our house. 1
- idioms shown 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 shown stop the show, to win such enthusiastic applause that a theatrical performance is temporarily interrupted. 1
- noun shown Shown is the past participle of show. 0
- abbreviation SHOWN show 0