Meaning of show | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A play, dance, or other entertainment.
   countable
2. A surname.
3. Synonym of shive (“wood fragment of the husk of flax or hemp”).
4. To display, to have somebody see (something)
5. To display or behave in an ostentatious or conspicuous way.
6. An exhibition of items.
   countable
7. To bestow; to confer
8. To get started.
9. A broadcast program, especially a light entertainment program.
   countable
10. To indicate (a fact) to be true; to demonstrate
11. To depart from quickly; flee.
12. A movie.
    countable
13. To guide or escort
14. To occupy (someone) with amusing things; entertain.
15. An agricultural exhibition.
    Australia, New-Zealand, countable
16. To be visible; to be seen; to appear
17. To come to a particular place:arrive, check in, get in, pull in, reach, turn up.
18. A project or presentation.
    countable, uncountable
19. giving an impression of value by a bright and striking outward appearance. His clothes are too showy for my liking. uitspattig مُبَهْرَج، مُزَوَّق إلى حَدٍ كبير крещящ vistoso nápadný, efektní prunkvoll pralende επιδεικτικός, φανταχτερόςllamativo, vistoso silmatorkav پرزرق وبرق näyttävä voyantרועש भड़कीला, दिखावटी upadljiv, koji upada u oči rikító mengesankan, indah, mencolok skrautlegur, áberandi; í æpandi litum vistoso, appariscente けばけばしい 화려한 puošeiviškas, akį rėžiantis, išsičiustijęs košs...
20. A demonstration.
    countable
21. uitspattigheid تَظاهُر، تَباهٍ външен блясък espalhafato okázalost die Prunkhaftigkeit det, som er pralende επιδεικτικότητα ostentación, magnificencia silmatorkavus زرق وبرق näyttävyys caractère voyant רַאֲוותָנוּת दिखावा, भड़कीलापन upadljivost, sjaj mutatósság; hivalkodás keadaan mengesankan sem er (of) áberandi ostentazione, vistosità けばけばしさ 화려함, 야함 puošeiviškumas ārēja greznība; izlikšanās yang menjolok mata opzichtigheid det som er prangende pretensjonalność ډولى espalhafato fastuozitate ...
22. Mere display or pomp with no substance. (Usually seen in the phrases "all show" and "for show".)
    uncountable
23. the entertainment industry, especially the branch of the theatre concerned with variety shows, comedy etc. vermaakbedryf العَمَل الإسْتِعْراضي шоубизнес iindústria do entretenimento divadelní podnikání das Showbusineß show-business βιομηχανία του θεάματος, σόου μπίζνες industria del espectáculo showbisnis صنعت نمايش viihdeteollisuus industrie du spectacle עִסקֵי שַׁעֲשוּעִים मनोरंजन व्यवसाय zabavljačka profesija szórakoztatóipar dunia pertunjukan skemmtanaiðnaður/-bransi industria dello spett...
    especially
24. Outward appearance; wileful or deceptive appearance.
    countable, uncountable
25. a glass case for displaying objects in a museum, shop etc. uitstalkas إطار زُجاجي витрина vitrine vitrína der Schaukasten montre προθήκη εκθεμάτων vitrina, escaparate vitriin ويترين vitriini vitrine תֵּיבַת רַאֲווָה प्रदर्शन, मजूषा vitrina, stakleni ormar u kojem se izlaže vitrin lemari kaca, etalase sÿningarskápur vetrina 陳列箱 진열용 유리상자 stendas stends; vitrīna almari perhiasan uitstalkastutstillingsmonter gablota ویترین vitrina vitrină витрина vitrína vitrina vitrina monter ตู้กระจกแสดงสินค้าห...
    etc
26. The major leagues.
    countable, uncountable, with-definite-article
27. an open, decisive quarrel etc ending a period of rivalry etc. wedstryd, uitklopronde تَصْفِيَة الحِساب конфронтация discussão rozhodující boj entscheidende Auseinandersetzung endeligt opgør τελική αναμέτρηση momento decisivo, confrontación decisiva vahekordade klaarimine ديدار نهايي välienselvittely épreuve de force עִימוּת מַכרִיעַ बलपरीक्षा otkrivanje karata, konačni obračun leszámolás bentrokan lokauppgjör (resa dei conti) 対決 결판 susirėmimas atklāta opozīcija; atklātas cīņas pieteikšana; sa...
    etc
28. A pale blue flame at the top of a candle flame, indicating the presence of firedamp.
    countable, obsolete, uncountable
29. Pretence.
    archaic, countable, uncountable
30. Sign, token, or indication.
    archaic, countable, uncountable
31. Semblance; likeness; appearance.
    countable, obsolete, uncountable
32. Plausibility.
    countable, obsolete, uncountable
33. A discharge, from the vagina, of mucus streaked with blood, occurring a short time before labor.
    countable, uncountable
34. A battle; local conflict.
    countable, slang, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“There were a thousand people at the show.”

“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.”

“art show;  dog show”

“radio show;  television show”

“They performed in the show.”

“I spotted my neighbour on the morning TV show.”

“Every day I do my morning show.”

“Let's catch a show.”

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

“E. C. McEnulty, who won the chop at the show on Thursday, cut through a foot lying block in 34 seconds”

“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.”

“show of force”

“I envy none their pageantry and show.”

“The dog sounds ferocious but it's all show.”

“So may the outward shows be least themselves: The world is still deceived with ornament.”

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

“Beware of the scribes,[…]which devour widows' houses, and for a shew make long prayers.”

“He through the midst unmarked, In show plebeian angel militant Of lowest order, passed.”

“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?””

“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.”

“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.”

“Old houses in the north-east sometimes have a thick layer of flax waste or “shows” under the thatch.”

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