Word Finder - shew

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A play, dance, or other entertainment.

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An exhibition of items.

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art show;  dog show

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A broadcast program/programme.

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radio show;  television show

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A movie.

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Let's catch a show.

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An agricultural show.

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

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A project or presentation.

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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.

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A demonstration.

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show of force

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

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The dog sounds ferocious but it's all show.

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Outward appearance; wileful or deceptive appearance.

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(with "the") The major leagues.

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

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

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Pretence.

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Sign, token, or indication.

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Semblance; likeness; appearance.

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Plausibility.

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

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To display, to have somebody see (something).

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

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To bestow; to confer.

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To indicate (a fact) to be true; to demonstrate.

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To guide or escort.

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

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To be visible; to be seen; to appear.

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At length, his gloom showed.

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To put in an appearance; show up.

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We waited for an hour, but they never showed.

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To have an enlarged belly and thus be recognizable as pregnant.

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(racing) To finish third, especially of horses or dogs.

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

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To have a certain appearance, such as well or ill, fit or unfit; to become or suit; to appear.

The Refiner wished to shew, in the case of His servant, that He can purify in more ways than one.

In addition, there are two or three obervations to hand which shew that piscine, amphibian and mammalian Trypanosomes may also become attached.

In other words, we [p.15] are completely changed and transformed and our very lives will shew forth the faith we profess.

She never spoke to her, except to shew off her French, which she could speak well.

October 20 th 1790 At Brentwood Fair in Essex on Friday there was a prodigious shew of lean cattle of different kinds.

Come good sir, will you shew me to this house.

I mean to shew her that I only laugh at her uncivil behavior.

I have stated the specific sums expended for each child, in order to shew how little is required on such occasions.

Thou shalt make no covenant with them, nor shew mercy unto them.

Beside, in my plan I clearly shew how much profit the Crown ought to get per annum.

She found her royal husband laughing heartily at a letter which he would not shew her.

If thou do these things, shew thyself to the world.

If any one can shew he is injured, he receives an additional portion, taken from the land remaining unappropriated.

There was no date on the stone; but official documents shew that said repairs were done in 1545.