Word: show Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English schewe, from the verb (schewen). Pronunciation: /ʃəʊ/, /ʃoʊ/, [ʃoː], [ʃow], /ʃo(w)/ 1. A play, dance, or other entertainment. Labels: countable Example: There were a thousand people at the show. Example: 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. 2. An exhibition of items. Labels: countable Example: art show; dog show Example: Represented by Olney Gleason gallery, she was the subject of a 2025 solo show at the MSU Broad Art Museum in Michigan and recently unveiled a permanent installation at the Princeton University Art Museum. 3. A broadcast program, especially a light entertainment program. Labels: countable Example: radio show; television show Example: They performed in the show. 4. A movie. Labels: countable Example: Let's catch a show. 5. An agricultural exhibition. Labels: Australia, New-Zealand, countable Example: I'm taking the kids to the show on Tuesday. Example: E. C. McEnulty, who won the chop at the show on Thursday, cut through a foot lying block in 34 seconds 6. A project or presentation. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Let's get on with the show. Example: Let's get this show on the road. 7. A demonstration. Labels: countable Example: show of force 8. Mere display or pomp with no substance. (Usually seen in the phrases "all show" and "for show".) Labels: uncountable Example: I envy none their pageantry and show. Example: The dog sounds ferocious but it's all show. 9. Outward appearance; wileful or deceptive appearance. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: So may the outward shows be least themselves: The world is still deceived with ornament. 10. The major leagues. Labels: countable, uncountable, with-definite-article Example: He played AA ball for years, but never made it to the show. 11. A pale blue flame at the top of a candle flame, indicating the presence of firedamp. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable 12. Pretence. Labels: archaic, countable, uncountable 13. Sign, token, or indication. Labels: archaic, countable, uncountable 14. Semblance; likeness; appearance. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable Example: Beware of the scribes,[…]which devour widows' houses, and for a shew make long prayers. Example: He through the midst unmarked, In show plebeian angel militant Of lowest order, passed. 15. Plausibility. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable 16. A discharge, from the vagina, of mucus streaked with blood, occurring a short time before labor. Labels: countable, uncountable 17. A battle; local conflict. Labels: countable, slang, uncountable Example: 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?” 18. A circular impression on sand, indicating the presence of a clam by its siphon. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Iron Springs offers a guided clam dig for first timers or those who are rusty at spotting the clam's show at low tide. It includes a license and all the equipment you'll need to catch your limit on Copalis Beach […]