Show vs. Shown

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Showverb

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

Showverb

(transitive) To bestow; to confer.

Showverb

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

Showverb

(transitive) To guide or escort.

Showverb

(intransitive) To be visible, to be seen.

Showverb

To put in an appearance; show up.

Showverb

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

Showverb

To finish third, especially of horses or dogs.

Showverb

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

Shownoun

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

Shownoun

(countable) An exhibition of items.

Shownoun

(countable) A demonstration.

Shownoun

(countable) A broadcast program/programme.

Shownoun

(countable) A movie.

Shownoun

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

Shownoun

A project or presentation.

Shownoun

The major leagues.

Shownoun

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

Shownoun

(obsolete) Semblance; likeness; appearance.

Shownoun

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

Showverb

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).

Showverb

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

Showverb

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.

Showverb

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.

Showverb

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

Showverb

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

Showverb

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

Shownoun

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

Shownoun

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.

Shownoun

Proud or ostentatious display; parade; pomp.

Shownoun

Semblance; likeness; appearance.

Shownoun

False semblance; deceitful appearance; pretense.

Shownoun

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

Shownoun

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

Shownoun

a public exhibition of entertainment;

Shownoun

something intended to communicate a particular impression;

Shownoun

a public exhibition or entertainment;

Shownoun

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

Showverb

show or demonstrate something to an interested audience;

Showverb

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

Showverb

provide evidence for;

Showverb

make visible or noticeable;

Showverb

show in, or as in, a picture;

Showverb

give expression to;

Showverb

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

Showverb

make clear and visible;

Showverb

be or become visible or noticeable;

Showverb

indicate a certain reading; of gauges and instruments;

Showverb

give evidence of, as of records;

Showverb

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

Showverb

finish third or better in a horse or dog race;

Shownverb

past participle of show

Shown

p. p. of Show.

Shown

Shown is an American surname that reflects an Anglicization of the German surname Schaun. A common variant is Shawn.

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