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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 fear his words invoked must have shown on her face.

The ice climbers hadn't shown up yet.

I should have shown it to you in private - prepared you for it.

I've shown you what kindness I possess.

He has filled the old skins of dogma with the new wine of love, and shown men what it is to believe, live and be free.

Next I was shown a photograph of a chubby cheeked man about forty, with short hair and a six o'clock shadow.

He showed Lana the same scene he'd shown Elise.

Maybe that was why Josh had never shown much interest in her then.

At least that was one way Carmen had shown initiative.

Carmen had shown little interest in their financial status.

She's shown the signs far earlier than any warlord.

Yesterday she had alienated the only person in Arkansas who had shown the slightest interest in her plight.

The micrometer shown in fig.

Yerkes telescope, is shown in figs.

It looks easy enough, now that Bob has shown how it is done.

Andre alone has ever shown me any kindness.

She was covered with dirt – the remains of mud pies I had compelled her to eat, although she had never shown any special liking for them.

Darkyn himself had shown some signs of being affected by her, perhaps not as much as she liked, but more than she ever expected.

Brunn's attractions must be shown him.

She said I had already shown the world that I could do the college work, by passing all my examinations successfully, in spite of many obstacles.

The renewal of interest in classical literature was shown in the prohibition of the study of sophistry by any scholar under the age of eighteen, unless he had been pronounced proficient in grammaticals.

She must at least think she has or surely she wouldn't have shown up after all this time and started a fuss about something that we all settled long time ago.

Helen was greatly interested in the boat, and insisted on being shown every inch of it from the engine to the flag on the flagstaff.

And I haven't shown up on your doorstep so often because I want you out of my hair.

But in general I can tell you, Papa, that such a heroic spirit, the truly antique valor of the Russian army, which they--which it" (he corrected himself) "has shown or displayed in the battle of the twenty-sixth-- there are no words worthy to do it justice!

That the charges against Garfield were not generally credited, however, is shown by the fact that he received 214 electoral votes to his opponent's 155.

El-`Azariyeh is a poor village of about thirty families, with few marks of antiquity; there is no reason to believe that the houses of Mary and Martha and of Simon the Leper, or the sepulchre of Lazarus, still shown by the monks, have any claim to the names they bear.

At some stations the minimum in the afternoon is indistinctly shown, but at Tokyo and Batavia it is much more conspicuous than the morning minimum.

The diurnal variation in summer at the latter station is shown graphically in the top curve of fig.

It is also shown conspicuously in figures given by Henry.

The planets were shown to have visible disks, and to be attended by satellites whose distance and position angle relative to the planet it was desirable to measure.

These slides are shown in fig.

These lamps, although shown in the figure, are in reality covered so as not to shine upon the observer's eye.

If Ritschl had clearly shown that judgments of value enfold and transform other types of knowledge, just as the "spiritual man" includes and transfigures but does not annihilate the "natural man," then within the compass of this spiritually conditioned knowledge all other knowledge would be seen to have a function and a home.

That Chesterfield was early a thriving centre is shown by the charter of John Lord Wake, lord of the manor, granting a gild merchant to the town.

Visitors are shown the "Church of the Annunciation" with caves (including a fragment of a pillar hanging from the ceiling, and said to be miraculously supported) which are described as the scene of the annunciation, the "workshop of Joseph," the "synagogue," and a stone table, said to have been used by Christ.

With wrought iron pipes bends may be arranged, as shown in fig.

The average value of the principal articles of import and export (special trade) over quinquennial periods following 1890 is shown in the two tables below.

Provincial governors were kept under strict supervision; extortion was practically unheard of; the jus Latii was bestowed upon several communities; special officials were instituted for the control of the finances; and the emperor's interest in provincial affairs was shown by his personal assumption of various municipal offices.

It can be shown that a more efficient washing results from alternately filling and emptying the funnel than by endeavouring to keep the funnel full.

None of the coins with Alexander's own image can be shown to have been issued during his reign; the traditional gods of the Greeks still admitted no living man to share their prerogative in this sphere.

It's queer how ready people always are with advice in any real or imaginary emergency, and no matter how many times experience has shown them to be wrong, they continue to set forth their opinions, as if they had received them from the Almighty!

The intellectual improvement which Helen has made in the past two years is shown more clearly in her greater command of language and in her ability to recognize nicer shades of meaning in the use of words, than in any other branch of her education.

I knew that Laura Bridgman had shown the same intuitive desire to produce sounds, and had even learned to pronounce a few simple words, which she took great delight in using, and I did not doubt that Helen could accomplish as much as this.

This is shown in a little story she wrote in October last at the home of her parents in Tuscumbia, which she called "Autumn Leaves."

I can't understand why he wants to go to the war, replied Pierre, addressing the princess with none of the embarrassment so commonly shown by young men in their intercourse with young women.

Come now, where has this great commander of yours shown his skill? he concluded.

She must be shown that the blockhead thinks nothing of her and looks only at Bourienne.

Denisov was shown to the room prepared for him, and the Rostovs all gathered round Nicholas in the sitting room.

In his person, honor was shown to a simple fighting Russian soldier without connections and intrigues, and to one who was associated by memories of the Italian campaign with the name of Suvorov.