Usually means: Display or present for viewing.
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General (27 matching dictionaries)
  1. show: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. show, show: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. show: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. show: Collins English Dictionary
  5. show: Vocabulary.com
  6. Show, Show, show, show: Wordnik
  7. show: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. show: Wiktionary
  9. show: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. show: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. show: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. show: Dictionary.com
  13. show (n.), show (v.): Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. show: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. Show (Allison Moorer album), Show (The Cure album), Show (The Jesus Lizard album), Show (film), Show, The Show (British TV series), The Show (Doug E. Fresh song), The Show (Girls Aloud song), The Show (Lenka song), The Show (SDSU student section), The Show (South Korean TV series), The Show (UK TV series), The Show (album), The Show (radio program), The Show (soundtrack), The Show, The show: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. Show: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  17. show: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  18. show: Rhymezone
  19. Show (f), show, show (de): AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  20. show: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  21. Show: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)
  22. show: Free Dictionary
  23. show: Mnemonic Dictionary
  24. show: Dictionary/thesaurus
  25. show: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations

Business (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Glossary of Legal Terms (No longer online)
  2. show: Legal dictionary

Computing (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. show: Netlingo
  2. show: CCI Computer
  3. show: Encyclopedia

Medicine (7 matching dictionaries)
  1. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  2. Show: MedTerms.com Medical Dictionary
  3. Johnson Bwby (No longer online)
  4. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  5. Pregnancy & Baby (No longer online)
  6. show: Medical dictionary
  7. Show: Drug Medical Dictionary

Miscellaneous (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. SHOW: Acronym Finder
  2. AbbreviationZ (No longer online)
  3. show: Idioms

Slang (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. show, show: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. Show: Dublin Slang and Phrasebook
  3. The Show, show: Urban Dictionary

Tech (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Schlumberger Oilfield Glossary (No longer online)
  2. show: Coin Collecting

(Note: See showable as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
verb:  (transitive) To display, to have somebody see (something).
verb:  (transitive) To bestow; to confer.
verb:  (transitive) To indicate (a fact) to be true; to demonstrate.
verb:  (transitive) To guide or escort.
verb:  (intransitive) To be visible; to be seen; to appear.
verb:  (intransitive, informal) To put in an appearance; show up.
verb:  (intransitive, informal) To have an enlarged belly and thus be recognizable as pregnant.
verb:  (intransitive, motor racing) To finish third, especially of horses or dogs.
verb:  (intransitive, card games) To reveal one's hand of cards.
verb:  (obsolete) To have a certain appearance, such as well or ill, fit or unfit; to become or suit; to appear.
noun:  (countable) A play, dance, or other entertainment.
noun:  (countable) An exhibition of items.
noun:  (countable) A broadcast program, especially a light entertainment program.
noun:  (countable) A movie.
noun:  (Australia, New Zealand, countable) An agricultural show.
noun:  A project or presentation.
noun:  (countable) A demonstration.
noun:  (uncountable) Mere display or pomp with no substance. (Usually seen in the phrases "all show" and "for show".)
noun:  Outward appearance; wileful or deceptive appearance.
noun:  (baseball, with "the") The major leagues.
noun:  (mining, obsolete) A pale blue flame at the top of a candle flame, indicating the presence of firedamp.
noun:  (archaic) Pretence.
noun:  (archaic) Sign, token, or indication.
noun:  (obsolete) Semblance; likeness; appearance.
noun:  (obsolete) Plausibility.
noun:  (medicine) A discharge, from the vagina, of mucus streaked with blood, occurring a short time before labor.
noun:  (military, slang) A battle; local conflict.
noun:  A surname.

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