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English
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Middle English schewen , from Old English scēawian ( “ to look, look at, exhibit, display ” ) , from Proto-West Germanic *skauwōn , from Proto-Germanic *skawwōną ( “ to look, see ” ) , from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewh₁- ( “ to heed, look, feel, take note of ” ) ; see haw , gaum , caveat , caution .
Cognate with Scots shaw ( “ to show ” ) , Dutch schouwen ( “ to inspect, view ” ) , German schauen ( “ to see, behold ” ) , Danish skue ( “ to behold ” ) . Related to sheen .
Wider cognates include Ancient Greek κῦδος ( kûdos ) , Latin caveō whence English caution and caveat , and Sanskrit कवि ( kaví , “ seer, prophet, bard ” ) .
Verb
show (third-person singular simple present shows , present participle showing , simple past showed or ( archaic ) shew , past participle shown or ( now rare, US ) showed )
( transitive ) To display , to have somebody see (something).
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.
1918 , W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell , chapter XXII, in The Mirror and the Lamp , Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company , →OCLC :Not unnaturally, “Auntie” took this communication in bad part. Thus outraged, she showed herself to be a bold as well as a furious virago. Next day she found her way to their lodgings and tried to recover her ward by the hair of the head.
( transitive ) To bestow ; to confer .
to show mercy; to show favour; ( dialectal ) show me the salt please
( transitive ) To indicate (a fact) to be true; to demonstrate .
2012 March-April, John T. Jost, “Social Justice: Is It in Our Nature (and Our Future)? ”, in American Scientist , volume 100 , number 2, page 162 :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.
2018, VOA Learning English > China's Melting Glacier Brings Visitors, Adds to Climate Concerns
A report this year in the Journal of Geophysical Research showed that the glacier has lost 60 percent of its mass.
( transitive ) To guide or escort.
Could you please show him on his way. He has overstayed his welcome.
They showed us in.
( intransitive ) To be visible ; to be seen ; to appear .
Your bald patch is starting to show .
At length, his gloom showed .
1690 , [John] Dryden , Don Sebastian, King of Portugal: , London: Jo. Hindmarsh, , →OCLC , (please specify the page number) :Just such she shows before a rising storm.
1913 , Joseph C[rosby] Lincoln , chapter I, in Mr. Pratt’s Patients , New York, N.Y., London: D[aniel] Appleton and Company , →OCLC :'Twas early June, the new grass was flourishing everywheres, the posies in the yard—peonies and such—in full bloom, the sun was shining, and the water of the bay was blue, with light green streaks where the shoal showed .
( intransitive , informal ) To put in an appearance; show up .
We waited for an hour, but they never showed .
( intransitive , informal ) To have an enlarged belly and thus be recognizable as pregnant .
( intransitive , motor racing ) To finish third, especially of horses or dogs.
In the third race: Aces Up won, paying eight dollars; Blarney Stone placed, paying three dollars; and Cinnamon showed , paying five dollars.
( intransitive , card games ) To reveal one's hand of cards.
2017 , Nathan Schwiethale, Ace High: Mastering Low Stakes Poker Cash Games , page 70 :He called instantly but was too ashamed to show until the river.
( obsolete ) To have a certain appearance, such as well or ill, fit or unfit; to become or suit; to appear.
c. 1596–1599 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Second Part of Henry the Fourth, ”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies (First Folio ), London: Isaac Iaggard , and Ed Blount , published 1623 , →OCLC , :My lord of York, it better showed with you.
Usage notes
The past participle shown was uncommon before the 19th century, but is now the preferred form in standard English. In the UK, showed is regarded as archaic or dialectal. In the US, it is considered a standard variant form, but shown is more common. Garner's Modern American Usage favors shown over showed as past participle and claims it is mandatory for passives.
In the past, shew was used as a past-tense form and shewed as a past participle of this verb; both forms are now archaic.
Conjugation
Synonyms
( display ) : display , exhibit , flaunt , indicate , parade , point out , reveal , rub one's nose in , show off , visiblize
( indicate a fact to be true ) : demonstrate , prove
( put in an appearance ) : arrive , show up
Antonyms
Derived terms
Translations
to display
Albanian: tregoj (sq)
Arabic: عَرَضَ (ar) ( ʕaraḍa ) , قَدَّمَ (ar) ( qaddama ) , ظَهَرَ (ar) ( ẓahara ) , أَرَى (ar) ( ʔarā )
Egyptian Arabic: ورى ( warra )
Hijazi Arabic: ورّى ( warra ) , عرض ( ʕaraḍ )
Moroccan Arabic: ورى ( warra ) , قدم ( qaddam )
North Levantine Arabic: فرجى ( farja ) , ورجى ( warja )
South Levantine Arabic: فرجى ( farja ) , ورجى ( warja ) , ورّى ( warra ) , عرض ( ʕaraḍ )
Armenian: ցույց տալ (hy) ( cʻuycʻ tal )
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܡܲܚܙܹܐ ( maḥzē ) , ܡܲܚܘܹܐ ( maḥwē ) , ܡܲܪܗܹܐ ( marhē )
Azerbaijani: göstərmək (az)
Belarusian: пака́зваць impf ( pakázvacʹ ) , паказа́ць (be) pf ( pakazácʹ )
Bengali: দেখানো (bn) ( dekhanō )
Breton: diskouez (br)
Bulgarian: пока́звам (bg) impf ( pokázvam ) , пока́жа (bg) pf ( pokáža )
Burmese: ပြသ (my) ( pra.sa. ) , ပြ (my) ( pra. )
Catalan: mostrar (ca) , ensenyar (ca)
Cherokee: ᎠᎪᏩᏛᏗᎭ ( agowadvdiha )
Chinese:
Cantonese: 展示 ( zin2 si6 )
Mandarin: 展示 (zh) ( zhǎnshì ) , 表示 (zh) ( biǎoshì ) , 顯示 / 显示 (zh) ( xiǎnshì ) , 讓 ……看 看 / 让 ……看 看 ( ràng ... kàn kàn )
Czech: ukazovat (cs) impf , ukázat (cs) pf
Danish: vise (da)
Dutch: tonen (nl) , laten zien (nl) , vertonen (nl) , showen (nl)
Elfdalian: lat sjǫ
Esperanto: vidigi , montri (eo)
Estonian: näitama
Faroese: vísa , sýna
Finnish: näyttää (fi) ; ( formally, or in length ) esitellä (fi)
French: montrer (fr)
Middle French: monstrer
Old French: mostrer , monstrer
Friulian: mostrâ
Galician: mostrar (gl) , amosar (gl)
Georgian: ჩვენება ( čveneba )
German: zeigen (de) , darstellen (de)
Gothic: 𐌰𐌿𐌲𐌾𐌰𐌽 ( augjan ) , 𐌲𐌰𐍄𐌴𐌹𐌷𐌰𐌽 ( gateihan )
Greek: εμφανίζω (el) ( emfanízo ) , παρουσιάζω (el) ( parousiázo ) , δείχνω (el) ( deíchno )
Ancient: φαίνω ( phaínō ) , δείκνυμι ( deíknumi )
Greenlandic: ersersippaa
Haitian Creole: montre
Hebrew: הִצִּיג (he) ( hitsíg ) , הֶרְאָה ( her'á )
Hindi: दिखाना (hi) ( dikhānā )
Hungarian: mutat (hu) , megmutat (hu) , érzékeltet (hu) , jelez (hu) , tanúsít (hu) , kinyilvánít (hu) , kimutat (hu)
Icelandic: sýna (is)
Indonesian: tunjuk (id)
Ingrian: näyttää
Interlingua: monstrar
Irish: taispeáin
Old Irish: do·adbat
Italian: mostrare (it) , fare vedere
Japanese: 見せる (ja) ( miseru ) , 示す (ja) ( shimesu ) , 表す (ja) ( arawasu )
Javanese: meruhi (jv)
Kannada: ತೋರಿಸು (kn) ( tōrisu )
Kashmiri: ہاوُن ( hāvun )
Kashubian: pòkôzac pf
Kaurna: mikangkanthi
Kazakh: көрсету ( körsetu ) , қарату ( qaratu )
Khiamniungan Naga: āá
Khmer: បង្ហាញ (km) ( bɑnghaañ ) , ណែ (km) ( nae )
Kituba: monisa
Korean: 전시하다 (ko) ( jeonsihada ) , 보이다 (ko) ( boida )
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: پیشاندان ( pîşandan )
Kyrgyz: көрсөтүү (ky) ( körsötüü ) , көргөзүү (ky) ( körgözüü )
Lao: ສະແດງ ( sa dǣng )
Latgalian: ruodeit
Latin: ostendo , praestō , offero (la) , exhibeo (la) , designo , monstro (la) , doceo (la)
Latvian: parādīt , rādīt
Lingala: monisa
Lithuanian: parodyti (lt) , rodyti (lt)
Low German:
German Low German: wiesen (nds)
Luxembourgish: weisen
Macedonian: покажува impf ( pokažuva ) , покаже pf ( pokaže )
Malay: tunjuk (ms)
Maore Comorian: uenyesa
Maori: tītohu
Marathi: दाखवणे ( dākhavṇe )
Mauritian Creole: montre
Mongolian: үзэсгэлэн (mn) ( üzesgelen )
Norman: montrer
Northern Sami: čájẹhit , vuosẹhit
Norwegian: vise (no)
Old English: ætīewan
Old French: mustrer
Old Occitan: mostrar
Oromo: agarsiisuu
Oscan: 𐌃𐌄𐌝𐌊𐌖𐌌 ( deíkum )
Persian: نشان دادن (fa) ( nešân dâdan ) , نمودن (fa) ( nemudan )
Pitjantjatjara: nintini
Plautdietsch: wiesen (nds)
Polish: pokazywać (pl) impf , pokazać (pl) pf
Portuguese: mostrar (pt) , apresentar (pt)
Quechua: rikuchiy
Romanian: arăta (ro)
Romansch: mussar
Russian: пока́зывать (ru) impf ( pokázyvatʹ ) , показа́ть (ru) pf ( pokazátʹ )
Sanskrit: दिशति (sa) ( diśati )
Scots: shaw
Scottish Gaelic: seall
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: показати pf
Roman: pokazati (sh) pf
Slovak: ukazovať impf , ukázať pf
Slovene: kazati impf , pokazati pf
Sorbian:
Upper Sorbian: pokazować (hsb) impf , pokazać pf
Spanish: mostrar (es) , enseñar (es)
Swahili: -onyesha (sw)
Swedish: visa (sv)
Tagalog: magpakita , ipakita
Tajik: нишон додан ( nišon dodan )
Telugu: చూపించు (te) ( cūpiñcu )
Thai: แสดง (th) ( sà-dɛɛng ) , ชี้แจง (th) ( chíi-jɛɛng )
Turkish: göstermek (tr)
Turkmen: görkezmek
Ugaritic: 𐎁𐎙𐎊 ( bġy )
Ukrainian: пока́зувати (uk) impf ( pokázuvaty ) , показа́ти pf ( pokazáty )
Urdu: دکھانا ( dikhānā )
Uzbek: koʻrsatmoq (uz)
Vietnamese: chỉ (vi) , tỏ ra (vi)
Walloon: mostrer (wa)
Welsh: dangos (cy)
Yakut: көрдөр ( kördör )
Yiddish: ווײַזן ( vayzn )
to indicate (a fact) to be true
Arabic: ثَبَتَ ( ṯabata ) , وَضَحَ ( waḍaḥa )
Armenian: ցույց տալ (hy) ( cʻuycʻ tal )
Breton: diskouez (br)
Bulgarian: показвам (bg) ( pokazvam )
Catalan: demostrar (ca)
Czech: ukázat (cs)
Dutch: aantonen (nl) , demonstreren (nl) , bewijzen (nl)
Finnish: näyttää (fi) , osoittaa (fi)
French: démontrer (fr)
German: zeigen (de)
Gothic: 𐌱𐌰𐌽𐌳𐍅𐌾𐌰𐌽 ( bandwjan )
Greek: αποδεικνύω (el) ( apodeiknýo )
Hebrew: הֶרְאָה ( her'á )
Hungarian: kimutat (hu) , bizonyít (hu) , bebizonyít (hu) , tanúskodik (hu)
Italian: dimostrare (it)
Japanese: 示す (ja) ( しめす, shimesu )
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: پیشاندان ( pîşandan )
Macedonian: покажува impf ( pokažuva ) , покаже pf ( pokaže )
Norwegian: vise (no)
Persian: نشان دادن (fa) ( nešân dâdan )
Polish: pokazywać (pl)
Portuguese: demonstrar (pt)
Romanian: arăta (ro) , demonstra (ro)
Russian: пока́зывать (ru) impf ( pokázyvatʹ ) , показа́ть (ru) pf ( pokazátʹ )
Scots: shaw
Spanish: demostrar (es)
Swedish: visa (sv) , demonstrera (sv)
Thai: แสดง (th) ( sà-dɛɛng )
Vietnamese: cho thấy
Walloon: mostrer (wa) , dimostrer ( formally )
to have a big belly, as pregnant
Translations to be checked
See also
Etymology 2
From Middle English schewe , from the verb (schewen ).[ 1] [ 2]
Noun
show (countable and uncountable , plural shows )
( countable ) A play , dance , or other entertainment .
There were a thousand people at the show .
1913 , Joseph C[rosby] Lincoln , chapter IV, in Mr. Pratt’s Patients , New York, N.Y., London: D[aniel] Appleton and Company , →OCLC :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.
( countable ) An exhibition of items .
art show ; dog show
( countable ) 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 .
( countable ) A movie .
Let's catch a show .
( Australia , New Zealand , countable ) An agricultural show .
I'm taking the kids to the show on Tuesday.
1924 October 6, The Examiner , Launceston, page 2, column 6:E. C. McEnulty, who won the chop at the show on Thursday, cut through a foot lying block in 34 seconds
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.
( countable ) A demonstration .
show of force
( uncountable ) Mere display or pomp with no substance. (Usually seen in the phrases "all show" and "for show".)
1725–1728 , [Edward Young ], “(please specify the page) ”, in Love of Fame, the Universal Passion. In Seven Characteristical Satires , 4th edition, London: J and R Tonson , published 1741 , →OCLC :I envy none their pageantry and show .
The dog sounds ferocious but it's all show .
Outward appearance; wileful or deceptive appearance.
c. 1596–1598 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merchant of Venice ”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies (First Folio ), London: Isaac Iaggard , and Ed Blount , published 1623 , →OCLC , :So may the outward shows be least themselves: The world is still deceived with ornament.
( baseball , with "the") The major leagues .
He played AA ball for years, but never made it to the show .
( mining , obsolete ) A pale blue flame at the top of a candle flame, indicating the presence of firedamp .[ 3]
( archaic ) Pretence .
( archaic ) Sign , token , or indication .
( obsolete ) Semblance ; likeness ; appearance .
1667 , John Milton , “Book IX”, in Paradise Lost. , London: [Samuel Simmons ], and are to be sold by Peter Parker ; nd by Robert Boulter ; nd Matthias Walker, , →OCLC ; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: , London: Basil Montagu Pickering , 1873 , →OCLC :He through the midst unmarked, In show plebeian angel militant Of lowest order, passed.
( obsolete ) Plausibility .
( medicine ) A discharge , from the vagina , of mucus streaked with blood , occurring a short time before labor .
( military , slang ) A battle ; local conflict. [ 2] [ 4]
1918 , Denis Garstin, The Shilling Soldiers , London: Hodder and Stoughton, page 116 :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 ?”
Synonyms
Derived terms
Descendants
→ Catalan: xou
→ Danish: show
→ Dutch: show
→ Finnish: show
→ French: show
→ German: Show
→ Hindi: शो ( śo )
→ Hungarian: show
→ Japanese: ショー ( shō )
→ Korean: 쇼 ( syo )
→ Norwegian Bokmål: show
→ Norwegian Nynorsk: show
→ Portuguese: show
→ Russian: шоу ( šou )
→ Spanish: show
→ Swedish: show
→ Turkish: şov
→ Urdu: شو ( śo )
Translations
entertainment
Arabic: عَرْض (ar) m ( ʕarḍ ) , اِسْتِعْرَاض m ( istiʕrāḍ )
Belarusian: пака́з m ( pakáz ) , шо́у n ( šóu ) , спекта́кль m ( spjektáklʹ ) , відо́вішча n ( vidóvišča )
Bulgarian: представле́ние (bg) n ( predstavlénie ) , шо́у (bg) n ( šóu )
Burmese: ရှိုး (my) ( hrui: )
Catalan: espectacle (ca) m
Chinese:
Cantonese: 騷 / 骚 ( sou1 )
Mandarin: 表演 (zh) ( biǎoyǎn ) , 演出 (zh) ( yǎnchū ) , 秀 (zh) ( xiù )
Czech: podívaná f , šou (cs) f or n
Dutch: show (nl) , voorstelling (nl)
Esperanto: spektaklo (eo)
Finnish: show (fi) , näytelmä (fi) , esitys (fi)
French: spectacle (fr) m , festival (fr) m
German: Show (de) f , Schau (de) f
Greek: θέαμα (el) n ( théama ) , σόου (el) n ( sóou )
Ancient: θέα f ( théa )
Hebrew: הוֹפָעָה f ( hofa'á )
Hungarian: előadás (hu) , műsor (hu) , show (hu)
Indonesian: pertunjukan (id)
Irish: seó m
Italian: spettacolo (it) m
Japanese: 公演 (ja) ( こうえん, kōen ) , 興行 (ja) ( こうぎょう, kōgyō ) , ショー (ja) ( shō )
Khmer: ល្ខោន (km) ( lkhaon )
Korean: 쇼 (ko) ( syo ) , 흥행(興行) (ko) ( heunghaeng )
Lao: ລະຄອນ ( la khǭn )
Latin: spectaculum (la) n
Macedonian: претстава f ( pretstava ) , емисија f ( emisija ) ( TV )
Malay: persembahan
Maltese: spettaklu m
Ottoman Turkish: اویون ( oyun )
Persian: نمایش (fa) ( namâyeš )
Polish: pokaz (pl) m , wystawa (pl) f
Portuguese: show (pt) m , espetáculo (pt) m
Punjabi: ਤਮਾਸ਼ਾ m ( tamāśā )
Romanian: spectacol (ro) n
Russian: представле́ние (ru) n ( predstavlénije ) , шо́у (ru) n ( šóu ) , спекта́кль (ru) m ( spektáklʹ ) , зре́лище (ru) n ( zrélišče )
Scots: shaw
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: шо̏у m , прѐдстава f
Roman: šȍu (sh) m , prèdstava (sh) f
Slovak: predstavenie n , šou f
Slovene: predstava (sl) f , oddaja f , šov m
Spanish: espectáculo (es) m , show (es) m , festival (es) m
Swahili: shoo (sw)
Swedish: show (sv) c
Tajik: намоиш ( namoyiš )
Thai: ละคร (th) ( lá-kɔɔn ) , โชว์ (th) ( choo )
Turkish: gösteri (tr) , şov (tr)
Ukrainian: виста́ва f ( vystáva ) , спекта́кль m ( spektáklʹ ) , шо́у n ( šóu ) , видо́вище n ( vydóvyšče )
Vietnamese: biểu diễn (vi) , trình diễn (vi)
Welsh: sioe (cy)
Arabic: مَعْرِض m ( maʕriḍ )
Bulgarian: и́зложба (bg) f ( ízložba )
Chinese:
Mandarin: 展覽會 / 展览会 (zh) ( zhǎnlǎnhuì )
Czech: přehlídka f , výstava (cs) f
Dutch: tentoonstelling (nl) , expositie (nl)
Finnish: näyttely (fi) , esittely (fi)
French: exposition (fr) f
Greek: έκθεση (el) f ( ékthesi )
Hebrew: מוֹפָע (he) m ( mofá )
Hungarian: kiállítás (hu) , bemutató (hu)
Italian: mostra (it) f , esibizione (it) f
Japanese: 展示会 (ja) ( てんじかい, tenjikai )
Kazakh: көрме ( körme )
Korean: 전시회(展示會) (ko) ( jeonsihoe )
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: پیشانگا ( pîşanga )
Latin: ostentus m
Macedonian: изложба f ( izložba )
Malay: pertunjukan
Maltese: wirja , essibizjoni
Polish: show (pl) m
Portuguese: mostra (pt) f , exposição (pt) f
Romanian: expoziție (ro) f
Russian: вы́ставка (ru) f ( výstavka )
Scots: shaw
Scottish Gaelic: taisbeanadh m
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: изложба f
Roman: izložba f
Spanish: exposición (es) f
Swahili: maonyesho (sw)
Swedish: uppvisning (sv) c ( living objects ) , utställning (sv) c ( non-living objects )
Telugu: ప్రదర్శనం (te) ( pradarśanaṁ )
Turkish: şov (tr)
Ukrainian: ви́ставка (uk) f ( výstavka ) , експози́ція f ( ekspozýcija )
Vietnamese: triển lãm (vi)
Welsh: arddangosfa (cy) , sioe (cy)
broadcast program(me)
Arabic: بَرْنَامَج (ar) m ( barnāmaj )
Catalan: programa (ca) m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 節目 / 节目 (zh) ( jiémù )
Czech: pořad (cs) m
Finnish: ohjelma (fi)
French: émission (fr) f
German: Sendung (de) f , Programm (de) n
Greek: εκπομπή (el) f ( ekpompí )
Hebrew: תָּכְנִית (he) f ( tokhnít )
Hungarian: műsor (hu)
Irish: seó m , clár m
Italian: programma (it) m
Japanese: ショー (ja) ( shō ) , 番組 (ja) ( ばんぐみ, bangumi )
Korean: 쇼 (ko) ( syo ) , 프로그램 (ko) ( peurogeuraem )
Macedonian: емисија f ( emisija )
Norwegian:
Bokmål: show (no) m , program m
Persian: شو (fa) ( šow )
Portuguese: programa (pt) m
Romanian: emisiune (ro) f , program (ro) f
Russian: програ́мма (ru) f ( prográmma ) , ( Television only ) телепрогра́мма (ru) f ( teleprográmma ) , шо́у (ru) n ( šóu ) , переда́ча (ru) f ( peredáča )
Scots: shaw
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: шо̏у m
Roman: šȍu (sh) m
Slovak: šou f
Spanish: programa (es) m
Swedish: program (sv) n
Thai: ละคร (th) ( lá-kɔɔn )
Turkish: gösteri (tr) , şov (tr) , program (tr)
Vietnamese: chương trình (vi)
Welsh: rhaglen (cy)
bloody mucus discharge leading up to labor
Chinese:
Mandarin: 見紅 / 见红 ( jiànhóng )
Japanese: お印 ( oshirushi )
See also
Etymology 3
Variant of shove ,[ 5] itself a variant of shive .[ 6]
Noun
show (plural shows )
Synonym of shive ( “ wood fragment of the husk of flax or hemp ” ) .
1765 , “Directions for raising Flax”, in Museum Rusticum et Commerciale: or, Select Papers on Agriculture, Commerce, Arts, and Manufactures. , volume IV, London: R[ obert ] Davis, J[ ohn ] Newbery , and L[ ockyer ] Davis and C[ harles ] Reymers, , page 459 :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.
1798 , [ Christian Friedrich ] Germershausen , anonymous translator, “On the Means of promoting the Growth of young Fruit-Trees, particularly in Grass-Land. From the Transactions of the Œconomical Society of Leipsic.”, in The Repertory of Arts and Manufactures: , volume VIII, London: or the proprietors; and sold by H[ enry ] Lowndes, , page 63 :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.
1942 March, E[ myr ] Estyn Evans , Irish Heritage: The Landscape, the People and Their Work , Dundalk, County Louth: W[ illiam ] Tempest, Dundalgan Press, page 64 :Old houses in the north-east sometimes have a thick layer of flax waste or “shows ” under the thatch.
References
^ “sheu(e, n. ”, in MED Online , Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan , 2007 .
↑ 2.0 2.1 “show, n. 1 ”, in OED Online , Oxford: Oxford University Press , launched 2000.
^ Rossiter W[orthington] Raymond (1881 ) “Show”, in A Glossary of Mining and Metallurgical Terms. , Easton, Pa.: Institute , , →OCLC .
^ Douglas Harper (2001–2024 ) “show ”, in Online Etymology Dictionary .
^ “show, n. 2 ”, in OED Online , Oxford: Oxford University Press , launched 2000.
^ “shove, n. 2 ”, in OED Online , Oxford: Oxford University Press , launched 2000.
Anagrams
Chinese
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From English show .
Noun
show
( Hong Kong Cantonese ) Alternative form of 騷 / 骚 ( sou1 , “ show ” )
Verb
show
( Hong Kong Cantonese ) to show ; to display
( Hong Kong Cantonese ) to turn up
no show [Cantonese ] ― nou1 sou1 ― no-show
Etymology 2
Verb
show
( Hong Kong Cantonese , eye dialect ) Alternative form of so ( sou1 , “ to respond; to pay attention to ” )
Danish
Etymology
Borrowed from English show .
Pronunciation
Noun
show n (singular definite showet , plural indefinite shows or show )
show ( play , dance , or other entertainment )
show ( exhibition of items )
show ( broadcast program , especially a light entertainment program)
Declension
References
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from English show .
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : /ʃoː/
Hyphenation: show
Noun
show m (plural shows , diminutive showtje n )
a show ( entertainment )
Derived terms
Descendants
Finnish
Etymology
From English show .
Pronunciation
Noun
show
show ( entertainment )
Usage notes
In plural usually substituted with a synonym, as the word does not easily fit into any Finnish declension category.
Declension
Synonyms
Derived terms
Further reading
French
Etymology
Borrowed from English show .
Pronunciation
Noun
show m (plural shows )
show ( entertainment program )
Further reading
Hungarian
Etymology
From English show . [ 1]
Pronunciation
Noun
show (plural show-k )
show ( entertainment, programme, production, performance )
Declension
Derived terms
References
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
Borrowed from English show .
Pronunciation
Noun
show n (definite singular showet , indefinite plural show , definite plural showa or showene )
a show ( play, concert, entertainment )
Derived terms
References
“show” in The Bokmål Dictionary .
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
Borrowed from English show .
Pronunciation
Noun
show n (definite singular showet , indefinite plural show , definite plural showa )
a show ( play, concert, entertainment )
Derived terms
References
“show” in The Nynorsk Dictionary .
Polish
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from English show .
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : /ˈʂɔw/
Rhymes: -ɔw
Syllabification: show
Noun
show m inan or n (indeclinable )
show ( large, impressive artistic and entertainment show of revue character with the participation of singers, dancers, circus performers, usually conducted by an anchorman )
Synonym: widowisko
Hypernym: przedstawienie
show ( impressive artistic performance or demonstration of some unusual skill )
Synonym: pokaz
show ( event or series of events in social, political, or cultural life taking on the character of a spectacle eagerly watched by all )
Synonym: przedstawienie
Further reading
show in Wielki słownik języka polskiego , Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
show in Polish dictionaries at PWN
show in PWN's encyclopedia
Portuguese
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from English show .
Pronunciation
Noun
show m (plural shows )
show ( an entertainment performance event )
Synonyms: espetáculo , apresentação
( especially ) concert ( musical presentation )
( Brazil , colloquial ) an act or performance that demonstrates high skill; spectacle ; display ; feat
Synonym: espetáculo
Aquela aula foi um show . That class was amazing.
( colloquial , often used in dar um show ) the action of crying or yelling out loud in order to protest or complain about something, often in the context of a discussion or argument
Synonym: fazer uma cena
Derived terms
Adjective
show (invariable )
( Brazil , slang ) amazing ; awesome
Synonyms: espetacular , excelente , maravilhoso
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from English show .
Noun
show n (plural show-uri )
show
Declension
Spanish
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from English show .
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : /ˈʃou/ , /ˈt͡ʃou/ , /ˈsou/
Rhymes: -ou
Noun
show m (plural shows )
show , spectacle
Synonym: espectáculo
( informal ) a scene , i.e. an exhibition of passionate or strong feeling before others, creating embarrassment or disruption
Synonym: escena
Usage notes
According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.
Derived terms
Further reading
Swedish
Etymology
From English show .
Pronunciation
Noun
show c
show ; a play , dance , or other entertainment .
Declension
References