Show vs. Shown
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.
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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;
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show in, or as in, a picture;
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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;
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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.
