showing

Noun
Synonyms: screeningviewingdisplayexhibit

WordNet 3.0

Noun (2)

  1. the display of a motion pictureSynonyms: screeningviewing
  2. something shown to the public“the museum had many exhibits of oriental art”Synonyms: displayexhibit
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Show \Show\, v. t. [imp. Showed; p. p. Shownor Showed; p. pr. & vb. n. Showing. It is sometimes written shew, shewed, shewn, shewing.] [OE. schowen, shewen, schewen, shawen, AS. sce['a]wian, to look, see, view; akin to OS. scaw?n, OFries. skawia, D. schouwen, OHG. scouw?n, G. schauen, Dan. skue, Sw. sk?da, Icel. sko?a, Goth. usskawjan to waken, skuggwa a mirror, Icel. skuggy shade, shadow, L. cavere to be on one's guard, Gr. ??? 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]

Showing \Show"ing\, n.

1.Appearance; display; exhibition. [1913 Webster]

2.Presentation of facts; statement. --J. S. Mill. [1913 Webster]

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