v. t. [ imp. Showed p. p. Shown r Showed; p. pr. & vb. n. Showing. It is sometimes written shew, shewed, shewn, shewing. ] [ OE. schowen, shewen, schewen, shawen, AS. sceáwian, to look, see, view; akin to OS. scaw&unr_;n, OFries. skawia, D. schouwen, OHG. scouw&unr_;n, G. schauen, Dan. skue, Sw. sk&unr_;da, Icel. sko&unr_;a, Goth. usskawjan to waken, skuggwa a mirror, Icel. skuggy shade, shadow, L. cavere to be on one's guard, Gr. &unr_;&unr_;&unr_; to mark, perceive, hear, Skr. kavi wise. Cf. Caution, Scavenger, Sheen. ] 1. 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). [ 1913 Webster ]

Go thy way, shew thyself to the priest. Matt. viii. 4. [ 1913 Webster ]

Nor want we skill or art from whence to raise
Magnificence; and what can heaven show more? Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To exhibit to the mental view; to tell; to disclose; to reveal; to make known; as, to show one's designs. [ 1913 Webster ]

Shew them the way wherein they must walk. Ex. xviii. 20. [ 1913 Webster ]

If it please my father to do thee evil, then I will shew it thee, and send thee away. 1 Sam. xx. 13. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

I 'll show my duty by my timely care. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. To bestow; to confer; to afford; as, to show favor. [ 1913 Webster ]

Shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me. Ex. xx. 6. [ 1913 Webster ]

To show forth, to manifest; to publish; to proclaim. --
To show his paces, to exhibit the gait, speed, or the like; -- said especially of a horse. --
To show off, to exhibit ostentatiously. --
To show up, to expose. [ Colloq. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Formerly written also shew. ] 1. The act of showing, or bringing to view; exposure to sight; exhibition. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

As for triumphs, masks, feasts, and such shows. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Proud or ostentatious display; parade; pomp. [ 1913 Webster ]

I envy none their pageantry and show. Young. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Semblance; likeness; appearance. [ 1913 Webster ]

He through the midst unmarked,
In show plebeian angel militant
Of lowest order, passed. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. False semblance; deceitful appearance; pretense. [ 1913 Webster ]

Beware of the scribes, . . . which devour widows' houses, and for a shew make long prayers. Luke xx. 46. 47. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. (Med.) A discharge, from the vagina, of mucus streaked with blood, occuring a short time before labor. [ 1913 Webster ]

7. (Mining) A pale blue flame, at the top of a candle flame, indicating the presence of fire damp. Raymond. [ 1913 Webster ]

Show bill, a broad sheet containing an advertisement in large letters. --
Show box, a box xontaining some object of curiosity carried round as a show. --
Show card, an advertising placard; also, a card for displaying samples. --
Show case, a gla&unr_;ed case, box, or cabinet for displaying and protecting shopkeepers' wares, articles on exhibition in museums, etc. --
Show glass, a glass which displays objects; a mirror. --
Show of hands, a raising of hands to indicate judgment; as, the vote was taken by a show of hands. --
Show stone, a piece of glass or crystal supposed to have the property of exhibiting images of persons or things not present, indicating in that way future events. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ Written also shew. ] 1. To exhibit or manifest one's self or itself; to appear; to look; to be in appearance; to seem. [ 1913 Webster ]

Just such she shows before a rising storm. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

All round a hedge upshoots, and shows
At distance like a little wood. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To have a certain appearance, as well or ill, fit or unfit; to become or suit; to appear. [ 1913 Webster ]

My lord of York, it better showed with you. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

To show off, to make a show; to display one's self. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Jewish Antiq.) Bread of exhibition; loaves to set before God; -- the term used in translating the various phrases used in the Hebrew and Greek to designate the loaves of bread which the priest of the week placed before the Lord on the golden table in the sanctuary. They were made of fine flour unleavened, and were changed every Sabbath. The loaves, twelve in number, represented the twelve tribes of Israel. They were to be eaten by the priests only, and in the Holy Place. [ Written also shewbread. ] Mark ii. 26. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. One who shows or exhibits. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. That which shows; a mirror. [ Obs. ] Wyclif. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Showered p. pr. & vb. n. Showering. ] 1. To water with a shower; to &unr_;&unr_;t copiously with rain. [ 1913 Webster ]

Lest it again dissolve and shower the earth. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To bestow liberally; to destribute or scatter in &unr_;undance; to rain. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

C&unr_;sar's favor,
That showers down greatness on his friends. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To rain in showers; to fall, as in a hower or showers. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. shour, schour, AS. se&unr_;r; akin to D. schoer, G. schauer, OHG. sc&unr_;r, Icel. sk&unr_;r, Sw. skur, Goth. sk&unr_;ra windis a storm of wind; of uncertain origin. ] 1. A fall or rain or hail of short duration; sometimes, but rarely, a like fall of snow. [ 1913 Webster ]

In drought or else showers. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

Or wet the thirsty earth with falling showers. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. That which resembles a shower in falling or passing through the air copiously and rapidly. [ 1913 Webster ]

With showers of stones he drives them far away. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A copious supply bestowed. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

He and myself
Have travail'd in the great shower of your gifts. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Shower bath, a bath in which water is showered from above, and sometimes from the sides also. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Full of showers. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Quality of being showery. [ 1913 Webster ]