Definition of show

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Show (v. t.) To exhibit or present to view; to place in sight; to display; -- the thing exhibited being the object, and often with an indirect object denoting the person or thing seeing or beholding; as, to show a house; show your colors; shopkeepers show customers goods (show goods to customers)..

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Foresignify :: Foresignify (v. t.) To signify beforehand; to foreshow; to typify.
Litotes :: Litotes (n.) A diminution or softening of statement for the sake of avoiding censure or increasing the effect by contrast with the moderation shown in the form of expression; as, a citizen of no mean city, that is, of an illustrious city..
Semblance :: Semblance (a.) Seeming; appearance; show; figure; form.
Yucca :: Yucca (n.) A genus of American liliaceous, sometimes arborescent, plants having long, pointed, and often rigid, leaves at the top of a more or less woody stem, and bearing a large panicle of showy white blossoms..
Endeictic :: Endeictic (a.) Serving to show or exhibit; as, an endeictic dialogue, in the Platonic philosophy, is one which exhibits a specimen of skill..
Heliotrope :: Heliotrope (n.) An instrument or machine for showing when the sun arrived at the tropics and equinoctial line.
Demurely :: Demurely (adv.) In a demure manner; soberly; gravely; -- now, commonly, with a mere show of gravity or modesty..
Disposition :: Disposition (n.) Natural or prevailing spirit, or temperament of mind, especially as shown in intercourse with one's fellow-men; temper of mind..
Reveal :: Reveal (v. t.) To make known (that which has been concealed or kept secret); to unveil; to disclose; to show.
Portension :: Portension (n.) The act of foreshowing; foreboding.
Grained :: Grained (a.) Having a grain; divided into small particles or grains; showing the grain; hence, rough..
Tangram :: Tangram (n.) A Chinese toy made by cutting a square of thin wood, or other suitable material, into seven pieces, as shown in the cut, these pieces being capable of combination in various ways, so as to form a great number of different figures. It is now often used in primary schools as a means of instruction..
Profile :: Profile (n.) A drawing exhibiting a vertical section of the ground along a surveyed line, or graded work, as of a railway, showing elevations, depressions, grades, etc..
Disavow :: Disavow (v. t.) To deny; to show the contrary of; to disprove.
Paternal :: Paternal (a.) Of or pertaining to a father; fatherly; showing the disposition of a father; guiding or instructing as a father; as, paternal care..
Bravely :: Bravely (adv.) Finely; gaudily; gayly; showily.
Discover :: Discover (v. t.) To manifest without design; to show.
Contrary :: Contrary (n.) the opposite; a proposition, fact, or condition incompatible with another; as, slender proofs which rather show the contrary. See Converse, n., 1..
Snatch :: Snatch (n.) A short period of vigorous action; as, a snatch at weeding after a shower..
Lower :: Lower (v. i.) To be dark, gloomy, and threatening, as clouds; to be covered with dark and threatening clouds, as the sky; to show threatening signs of approach, as a tempest..
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