Show

shō, v.t. to present to view: to enable to perceive or know: to inform: to teach: to guide: to prove: to explain: to bestow.— v.i. to appear, come into sight: to look:— pa.p. shōwn or shōwed.— n. act of showing: display: a sight or spectacle: parade: appearance: plausibility, pretence: a sign, indication.— ns. Show′-bill , a bill for showing or advertising the price, merits, . of goods; Show′-box , a showman's box out of which he takes his materials; Show′bread , among the Jews, the twelve loaves of bread shown or presented before Jehovah in the sanctuary; Show′-card , a placard with an announcement: a card of patterns; Show′-case , a case with gla sides in which articles are exhibited in a museum, .; Show′-end , that end of a piece of cloth which is on the outside of the roll for exhibition to customers; Show′er ; Show′ing , appearance: a setting forth, representation; Show′man , one who exhibits shows; Show′-place , a place for exhibition: a gymnasium: ( Shak. ) a place where shows are exhibited; Show′-room , a room where a show is exhibited: a room in a warehouse, ., where goods are displayed to the best advantage, a room in a commercial hotel where travellers' samples are exhibited.— Show a leg ( vul .), to get out of bed; Show fight , to show a readine to resist; Show forth , to give out, proclaim; Show off , to display ostentatiously; Show of hands , a raising of hands at a meeting to show approval of any proposal; Show one's hand (see Hand ); Show one the door , to dismi a person from one's house or presence; Show up , to expose to blame or ridicule. [A.S. scéawian ; Dut. schouwen , Ger. schauen , to behold.]