show

Verb

1. 1

   To display, convey or exhibit; to have something available for others to see; to direct attention to something.

   The king showed great wisdom in his decisions.

   The actor showed Macbeth's confidence in this scene.

   The car's dull finish showed years of neglect.

   All he had to show for four years of attendance at college was a framed piece of paper.

2. 2

   To display, convey or exhibit; to have something available for others to see; to direct attention to something. To indicate; to convey facts that lead to a conclusion.

   The record shows that you have been late twelve times this year.

   Our schedule is showing appointments all day.

3. 3

   To display, convey or exhibit; to have something available for others to see; to direct attention to something. To guide or escort; to show the way.

   Could you please show him on his way. He has overstayed his welcome.

   Who can show me to the office? I'll show you in.

   If you get aggressive, the bouncer will show you to the door.

4. 4

   To display, convey or exhibit; to have something available for others to see; to direct attention to something. To bestow; to confer.

   to show mercy; to show favour

   (dialectal) show me the salt please

5. 5

   To display, convey or exhibit; to have something available for others to see; to direct attention to something. To put on a movie, TV show, etc; to be presented in this way.

   The cinema on Ninth Avenue is showing a couple family movies.

   They showed episodes of some awful TV show on our flight.

   The new Brad Pitt movie is showing at eight o'clock tonight.

6. 6

   To display, convey or exhibit; to have something available for others to see; to direct attention to something. To display artwork in a gallery or museum.

   John is showing his work tonight.

   The Smithsonian shows most of that artist's work.

7. 7

   To display, convey or exhibit; to have something available for others to see; to direct attention to something. To display on offer.

   The store on Eighth Street is showing the new spring collection in the window.

8. 8

   To display, convey or exhibit; to have something available for others to see; to direct attention to something. To give hints to the apparent or purported nature of one's hand of cards.

   There's a bunch of ways to show a bad hand.

9. 9

   To display, convey or exhibit; to have something available for others to see; to direct attention to something. To reveal one's hand of cards.

   He just wanted to finish this hand, so he showed as soon as he could.

   He called instantly but was too ashamed to show until the river.

10. 10

    To display, convey or exhibit; to have something available for others to see; to direct attention to something. To participate in a dog show, cat show, etc.; to compete with an animal at such a show; to be entered and displayed at such a show.

    That's why we don't show in Philadelphia anymore.

    She's showing her poodle at the dog show.

    Nibbles is showing at the California Cat Show.

11. 11

    To prove (a fact) to be true; to demonstrate; to instruct.

    We showed that the hypothesis is correct.

    She is showing how to complete the task.

    He doesn't just tell you how to do it, he shows you.

    He draws eclectically on studies of baboons, descriptive anthropological accounts of hunter-gatherer societies and, in a few cases, the fossil record. With this biological framework in place, Corning endeavors to show that the capitalist system as currently practiced in the United States and elsewhere is manifestly unfair.

12. 12

    To prove (a fact) to be true; to demonstrate; to instruct. To reveal one's condition or nature.

    She showed herself to be a jerk.

    That shows what kind of person he is.

13. 13

    To prove (a fact) to be true; to demonstrate; to instruct. To demonstrate to another that they are wrong; to vindicate to someone; to prove something to those who doubt it; to suffice as revenge against someone.

    She doesn't think I can win, so if I do, that'll show her.

    I'll prove your innocence to show it to your accusers.

    This experiment will show that my theory is right.

    If he attacked you, I'll kick his ass. Getting beat up will show him.

14. 14

    To be or become visible or apparent; to be seen or demonstrated; to appear or be made to appear.

    That wine stain shows on your shirt. You should wear a jacket to cover it up, so it doesn't show.

    Your bald patch is starting to show.

    His experience showed, because he knew exactly what to do when the emergency happened.

    Her hatred showed on her face.

15. 15

    umgangssprachlichTo be or become visible or apparent; to be seen or demonstrated; to appear or be made to appear. To put in an appearance; show up.

    Nobody even showed at our party.

    We waited for an hour, but they never showed, so we had to take the bus home.

16. 16

    To be or become visible or apparent; to be seen or demonstrated; to appear or be made to appear. To finish third in a race, especially in horse or dog racing.

    In the third race: Aces Up won, paying eight dollars; Blarney Stone placed, paying three dollars; and Cinnamon showed, paying five dollars.

17. 17

    To be or become visible or apparent; to be seen or demonstrated; to appear or be made to appear. To come into view on a screen; to become visible on a screen.

    An error message will show on your monitor.

    A color fluctuation will show on your computer screen.

18. 18

    umgangssprachlichTo be or become visible or apparent; to be seen or demonstrated; to appear or be made to appear. To have an enlarged belly and thus be recognizable as pregnant.

    She's not showing yet, so I didn't realize she was pregnant.

    Jessica: "So, um, do you think Bella's gonna be showing?" Angela: "Jess, she's not pregnant." Jessica: "Okay. Who else gets married at eighteen?"

    "My friend is due 2 weeks after me and she has this cute bump. I’m barely showing! Could something be wrong?

19. 19

    altertümlichTo be or become visible or apparent; to be seen or demonstrated; to appear or be made to appear. To appear (a certain way).

    He showed tired after a long day's toil.

    […] until the grey wintry dawn paled them, and the chill earth showed ghostly and desolate in the cold light.

    The exposed dura showed healthy and was left undisturbed.

    He blinked with his eyes, and the damp dripped from his face, which showed haggard and drawn; but Appleby, who wondered if his own wore that look, surmised that this was not due to cowardice, and understood why the man breathed in gasps.

20. 20

    veraltetTo be or become visible or apparent; to be seen or demonstrated; to appear or be made to appear. To appear or suit; to reflect well or poorly on someone; to be fitting.

    My lord of York, it better showed with you.

Substantiv

1. 1

   A play, dance, or other entertainment.

   There were a thousand people at the show.

   Then he commenced to talk, really talk. and inside of two flaps of a herring's fin he had me mesmerized, like Eben Holt's boy at the town hall show. He talked about the ills of humanity, and the glories of health and Nature and service and land knows what all.

2. 2

   An exhibition of items.

   art show; dog show

   Represented by Olney Gleason gallery, she was the subject of a 2025 solo show at the MSU Broad Art Museum in Michigan and recently unveiled a permanent installation at the Princeton University Art Museum.

3. 3

   A broadcast program, especially a light entertainment program.

   radio show; television show

   They performed in the show.

   I spotted my neighbour on the morning TV show.

   Every day I do my morning show.

4. 4

   A movie.

   Let's catch a show.

5. 5

   An agricultural exhibition.

   I'm taking the kids to the show on Tuesday.

   E. C. McEnulty, who won the chop at the show on Thursday, cut through a foot lying block in 34 seconds

6. 6

   A project or presentation.

   Let's get on with the show.

   Let's get this show on the road.

   They went on an international road show to sell the shares to investors.

   It was Apple's usual dog and pony show.

7. 7

   A demonstration.

   show of force

8. 8

   Mere display or pomp with no substance. (Usually seen in the phrases "all show" and "for show".)

   I envy none their pageantry and show.

   The dog sounds ferocious but it's all show.

9. 9

   Outward appearance; wileful or deceptive appearance.

   So may the outward shows be least themselves: The world is still deceived with ornament.

10. 10

    The major leagues.

    He played AA ball for years, but never made it to the show.

11. 11

    veraltetA pale blue flame at the top of a candle flame, indicating the presence of firedamp.

12. 12

    altertümlichPretence.

13. 13

    altertümlichSign, token, or indication.

14. 14

    veraltetSemblance; likeness; appearance.

    Beware of the scribes,[…]which devour widows' houses, and for a shew make long prayers.

    He through the midst unmarked, In show plebeian angel militant Of lowest order, passed.

15. 15

    veraltetPlausibility.

16. 16

    A discharge, from the vagina, of mucus streaked with blood, occurring a short time before labor.

17. 17

    SlangA battle; local conflict.

    A subaltern, wearing a glengarry, came out of a house, playing with the nose of a shell. He walked a little way with me. “Going into the show?”

18. 18

    A circular impression on sand, indicating the presence of a clam by its siphon.

    Iron Springs offers a guided clam dig for first timers or those who are rusty at spotting the clam's show at low tide. It includes a license and all the equipment you'll need to catch your limit on Copalis Beach […]

Substantiv

1. 1

   Synonym of shive (“wood fragment of the husk of flax or hemp”).

   When the flax is ſufficiently watered, it feels ſoft to the grip, and the harle parts eaſily with the boon or ſhow, which laſt is then become brittle, and looks whitiſh.

   Laſt year (1793) I tranſplanted, from ſeed-beds, into the nurſery, ſeveral fruit-trees; the ground around ſome of which I covered, as above, with flax-ſhows. Notwithſtanding the great heat of the ſummer, none of thoſe trees where the earth was covered with ſhows, died or decayed; becauſe the ſhows prevented the earth under them from being dried by the ſun.

   Old houses in the north-east sometimes have a thick layer of flax waste or “shows” under the thatch.

Formen

Plural

shows

Präteritum

showed, shew

Partizip II

shown, showed

Partizip I

showing

3. Person Singular

shows