Word Finder - show

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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.

I'll show you where you can sleep.

You'll have to show me these beautiful flowers.

Will you show me how to do that?

Almost three-quarters of all defense spending occurs within NATO countries, meaning the alliance is largely the only military show in town.

He might show up any time to claim the ranch.

We will show Europe how Russia rises to the defense of Russia!

I want to show you something.

He spread his arms to show he wasn't carrying any weapons.

Shall I show it to you?

On Saturday we took in a Broadway show and Sunday a baseball game.

For each dinner, sixty or more people show up.

At the very least, history can clearly show the range of outcomes that are likely.

Show me in your mind.

Can Howard have an hour off to show me around Keene before I leave?

I will show you how a messenger ought to behave.

The same people seldom show up twice.

I guess sometimes a man doesn't show much appreciation for what he has.

I'll show you where we can get some water.

But the wolf was too wise to show herself.

Pierre's one feeling at the moment was a desire to show that he was ready to go all lengths and was prepared to sacrifice everything.

They were singing discordantly, arduously, and with great effort, evidently not because they wished to sing, but because they wanted to show they were drunk and on a spree.

Show me where we might eat.

So it had all been a show for Claudette.

They spread their wings and opened their mouths to show that they understood his words.

My friend said, she would sometime show me the copies of the marbles brought away by Lord Elgin from the Parthenon.

You know how much we love that show!

So he called Tikhon and went through the rooms with him to show him where to set up the bed for that night.

Maybe he was going to show her he could be a nice guy too.

Is that why you want to take me up there - to show your mother how ridiculous the thought of any hanky panky is?

Yeah. Why don't we go up and show it to Mom and Dad today?

I'll show you where you will sleep while Cynthia gets supper on the table.

Then in the 1940s, another American, Oswald Avery, was able to show, through an ingenious method, that the genetic information had to be carried by the DNA.

Pierre, however, felt excited, and the general desire to show that they were ready to go to all lengths--which found expression in the tones and looks more than in the substance of the speeches--infected him too.

Come on, I'll show you something that will take your breath away.

She made a show of resting her coat across the table, as if to say she wasn't leaving, and crossed to the small hall that contained the restrooms.

His elbows were propped on his knees, the trench falling back to show a lean body, flat stomach and muscular thighs outlined by the soft material of his pants.

I bookmarked a few pages in the Kamasutra for things I'd like to try, but I'm too afraid to show anyone.

The Dipnoi show a distinct transition between fishes and amphibia.

There are external historical circumstances and internal literary features which unite to show that the application of the literary hypotheses of the Old Testament to the course of Israelite history is still incomplete, and they warn us that the intrinsic value of religious and didactic writings should not depend upon the accuracy of their history.'

Rather, I aim to show that the world will be what we make it to be.

I would like so much to show him in some way how deeply I appreciate all that he is doing for me, and I cannot think of anything better to do.

And she spread out her arms to show her short-waisted, lace-trimmed, dainty gray dress, girdled with a broad ribbon just below the breast.

If the noble awistocwacy of the pwovince of Moscow thinks fit, it can show its loyalty to our sov'weign the Empewah in other ways.

He'll show you what law is! the mob were saying as if reproving one another for their lack of confidence.

Well, show me where you're things are and I'll take them out to my truck while I wait.

All three Paris curves show three peaks, the first and third representing the ordinary forenoon and afternoon maxima.

A more directly religious element, it is true, was introduced by the practice of attending the synagogue service; but it is to be The grammatical inflexions of the word "Sabbath" would show that it is a feminine form, properly shabbat-t for shabbat-t.

Modern criticism of the history of Sabbath observance among the Hebrews has done nothing more than follow out these arguments in detail, and show that the result is in agreement with what is known as to the dates of the several component parts of the Pentateuch.

In this form the seventh day's rest was one of the few outward ordinances by which the Israelite could still show his fidelity to Yahweh and mark his separation from the heathen.

If the Sabbath involved abstention from all such business as recorded in dated documents and always fell on these days, then the 7th, &c., should show a marked falling off in the number of dated documents.