Show vs. Shower

(transitive) To display, to have somebody see (something).

Example: ‘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.’;

(transitive) To bestow; to confer.

Example: ‘to show mercy; to show favour; (dialectal) show me the salt please’;

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

(transitive) To guide or escort.

Example: ‘Could you please show him on his way. He has overstayed his welcome.’;

(intransitive) To be visible, to be seen.

Example: ‘Your bald patch is starting to show.’;

To put in an appearance; show up.

Example: ‘We waited for an hour, but they never showed.’;

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

To finish third, especially of horses or dogs.

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

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

(countable) A play, dance, or other entertainment.

(countable) An exhibition of items.

Example: ‘art show;’; ‘dog show’;

(countable) A demonstration.

Example: ‘show of force’;

(countable) A broadcast program/programme.

Example: ‘radio show;’; ‘television show’;

(countable) A movie.

Example: ‘Let's catch a show.’;

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

Example: ‘The dog sounds ferocious but it's all show.’;

A project or presentation.

Example: ‘''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.’;

The major leagues.

Example: ‘He played AA ball for years, but never made it to the show.’;

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

(obsolete) Semblance; likeness; appearance.

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

To exhibit or present to view; to place in sight; to display; - the thing exhibited being the object, and often with an indirect object denoting the person or thing seeing or beholding; as, to show a house; show your colors; shopkeepers show customers goods (show goods to customers).

Example: ‘Go thy way, shew thyself to the priest.’; ‘Nor want we skill or art from whence to raiseMagnificence; and what can heaven show more?’;

To exhibit to the mental view; to tell; to disclose; to reveal; to make known; as, to show one's designs.

Example: ‘Shew them the way wherein they must walk.’; ‘If it please my father to do thee evil, then I will shew it thee, and send thee away.’;

Specifically, to make known the way to (a person); hence, to direct; to guide; to asher; to conduct; as, to show a person into a parlor; to show one to the door.

To make apparent or clear, as by evidence, testimony, or reasoning; to prove; to explain; also, to manifest; to evince; as, to show the truth of a statement; to show the causes of an event.

Example: ‘I 'll show my duty by my timely care.’;

To bestow; to confer; to afford; as, to show favor.

Example: ‘Shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me.’;

To exhibit or manifest one's self or itself; to appear; to look; to be in appearance; to seem.

Example: ‘Just such she shows before a rising storm.’; ‘All round a hedge upshoots, and showsAt distance like a little wood.’;

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

Example: ‘My lord of York, it better showed with you.’;

The act of showing, or bringing to view; exposure to sight; exhibition.

That which os shown, or brought to view; that which is arranged to be seen; a spectacle; an exhibition; as, a traveling show; a cattle show.

Example: ‘As for triumphs, masks, feasts, and such shows.’;

Proud or ostentatious display; parade; pomp.

Example: ‘I envy none their pageantry and show.’;

Semblance; likeness; appearance.

Example: ‘He through the midst unmarked,In show plebeian angel militantOf lowest order, passed.’;

False semblance; deceitful appearance; pretense.

Example: ‘Beware of the scribes, . . . which devour widows' houses, and for a shew make long prayers.’;

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

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

a public exhibition of entertainment;

Example: ‘a remarkable show of skill’;

something intended to communicate a particular impression;

Example: ‘made a display of strength’; ‘a show of impatience’; ‘a good show of looking interested’;

a public exhibition or entertainment;

Example: ‘they wanted to see some of the shows on Broadway’;

pretending that something is the case in order to make a good impression;

Example: ‘they try to keep up appearances’; ‘that ceremony is just for show’;

show or demonstrate something to an interested audience;

Example: ‘She shows her dogs frequently’; ‘We will demo the new software in Washington’;

establish the validity of something, as by an example, explanation or experiment;

Example: ‘The experiment demonstrated the instability of the compound’; ‘The mathematician showed the validity of the conjecture’;

provide evidence for;

Example: ‘The blood test showed that he was the father’; ‘Her behavior testified to her incompetence’;

make visible or noticeable;

Example: ‘She showed her talent for cooking’; ‘Show me your etchings, please’;

show in, or as in, a picture;

Example: ‘This scene depicts country life’; ‘the face of the child is rendered with much tenderness in this painting’;

give expression to;

Example: ‘She showed her disappointment’;

indicate a place, direction, person, or thing; either spatially or figuratively;

Example: ‘I showed the customer the glove section’; ‘He pointed to the empty parking space’; ‘he indicated his opponents’;

make clear and visible;

Example: ‘The article revealed the policies of the government’;

be or become visible or noticeable;

Example: ‘His good upbringing really shows’; ‘The dirty side will show’;

indicate a certain reading; of gauges and instruments;

Example: ‘The thermometer showed thirteen degrees below zero’; ‘The gauge read `empty'’;

give evidence of, as of records;

Example: ‘The diary shows his distress that evening’;

show (someone) to their seats, as in theaters or auditoriums;

Example: ‘The usher showed us to our seats’;

finish third or better in a horse or dog race;

Example: ‘he bet $2 on number six to show’;

A brief fall of precipitation.

Example: ‘Today there will be frequent showers and some sunny spells.’;

A device for bathing by which water is made to fall on the body from a height, either from a tank or by the action of a pump.

An instance of using of this device in order to bathe oneself.

A quantity of something that has characteristics of a rain shower.

Example: ‘a shower of sparks;’; ‘a meteor shower;’; ‘a Gatorade shower’;

A party associated with a significant event in a person's life, at which the person usually receives gifts.

Example: ‘Would male strippers be appropriate for the divorce shower?’; ‘Her church group has planned an adoption shower.’;

A bridal shower.

Example: ‘The shower will be held at the home of the bridesmaid.’;

A baby shower.

Example: ‘Her friends are throwing her a shower after her mom leaves.’;

(obsolete) A battle, an attack; conflict.

A shower of shit.

Used as an intensifying pluralizer or intensifier

One who shows.

some object or activity that is shown in a contest

Example: ‘Example: That calf is going to be a great shower at the fair this year’;

(slang) A man whose penis appears roughly full size both when flaccid and when erect.

(followed by with) To spray with (a specified liquid).

To bathe using a shower.

to bestow liberally, to give or distribute in abundance

One who shows or exhibits.

That which shows; a mirror.

A fall or rain or hail of short duration; sometimes, but rarely, a like fall of snow.

Example: ‘In drought or else showers.’; ‘Or wet the thirsty earth with falling showers.’;

That which resembles a shower in falling or passing through the air copiously and rapidly.

Example: ‘With showers of stones he drives them far away.’;

A copious supply bestowed.

Example: ‘He and myselfHave travail'd in the great shower of your gifts.’;

To water with a shower; to t copiously with rain.

Example: ‘Lest it again dissolve and shower the earth.’;

To bestow liberally; to destribute or scatter in undance; to rain.

Example: ‘C sar's favor,That showers down greatness on his friends.’;

To rain in showers; to fall, as in a hower or showers.

a plumbing fixture that sprays water over you;

Example: ‘they installed a shower in the bathroom’;

washing yourself in a shower; you stand upright under water sprayed from a nozzle;

Example: ‘he took a shower after the game’;

a brief period of precipitation;

Example: ‘the game was interrupted by a brief shower’;

a sudden downpour (as of tears or sparks etc) likened to a rain shower;

Example: ‘a little shower of rose petals’; ‘a sudden cascade of sparks’;

someone who organizes an exhibit for others to see

a party of friends assembled to present gifts (usually of a specified kind) to a person;

Example: ‘her friends organized a baby shower for her when she was expecting’;

expend profusely; also used with abstract nouns;

Example: ‘He was showered with praise’;

spray or sprinkle with;

Example: ‘The guests showered rice on the couple’;

take a shower; wash one's body in the shower;

Example: ‘You should shower after vigorous exercise’;

rain abundantly;

Example: ‘Meteors showered down over half of Australia’;

provide abundantly with;

Example: ‘He showered her with presents’;

A shower is a place in which a person bathes under a spray of typically warm or hot water. Indoors, there is a drain in the floor.