| showing |
| 1. v. present participle of show | |
| 2. n. An occasion when something is shown. | |
| We went to the midnight showing of the new horror movie. | |
| 3. n. A result, a judgement. | |
| He made a poor showing at his first time at bat. | |
| show |
| 1. v. To display, to have somebody see (something). | |
| The car's dull finish showed years of neglect. | |
| All he had to show for four years of attendance at college was a framed piece of paper. | |
| 2. v. To bestow; to confer. | |
| to show mercy; to show favour; (dialectal) show me the salt please | |
| 3. v. To indicate (a fact) to be true; to demonstrate. | |
| 4. v. To guide or escort. | |
| Could you please show him on his way. He has overstayed his welcome. | |
| They showed us in. | |
| 5. v. (intransitive) To be visible; to be seen; to appear. | |
| Your bald patch is starting to show. | |
| At length, his gloom showed. | |
| 6. v. (intransitive, informal) To put in an appearance; show up. | |
| We waited for an hour, but they never showed. | |
| 7. v. (intransitive, informal) To have an enlarged belly and thus be recognizable as pregnant. | |
| 8. v. (intransitive, racing) To finish third, especially of horses or dogs. | |
| In the third race: Aces Up won, paying eight dollars; Blarney Stone placed, paying three dollars; and Cinnamon showed, paying five dollars. | |
| 9. v. (obsolete) To have a certain appearance, such as well or ill, fit or unfit; to become or suit; to appear. | |
| 10. n. A play, dance, or other entertainment. | |
| 11. n. An exhibition of items. | |
| art show; dog show | |
| 12. n. A demonstration. | |
| show of force | |
| 13. n. A broadcast program/programme. | |
| radio show; television show | |
| 14. n. A movie. | |
| Let's catch a show. | |
| 15. n. A project or presentation. | |
| Let's get on with the show. Let's get this show on the road. They went on an international road show to sell the shares to investors. It was Apple's usual do | |
| 16. n. Mere display or pomp with no substance. (Usually seen in the phrases "all show" and "for show".) | |
| The dog sounds ferocious but it's all show. | |
| 17. n. Outward appearance; wileful or deceptive appearance. | |
| 18. n. (baseball, with "the") The major leagues. | |
| He played AA ball for years, but never made it to the show. | |
| 19. n. (mining, obsolete) A pale blue flame at the top of a candle flame, indicating the presence of firedamp. | |
| 20. n. (archaic) Pretence. | |
| 21. n. (archaic) Sign, token, or indication. | |
| 22. n. (obsolete) Semblance; likeness; appearance. | |
| 23. n. (obsolete) Plausibility. | |
| 24. n. (medicine) A discharge, from the vagina, of mucus streaked with blood, occurring a short time before labor. | |
| ignoble |
| 1. adj. Not noble; plebeian; common. | |
| 2. adj. Not honorable; base. | |
| 3. adj. Not a true or "noble" falcon; said of certain hawks, such as the goshawk. | |
| cowardice |
| 1. n. Lack of courage. | |
| or |
| 1. conj. Connects at least two alternative words, phrases, clauses, sentences, etc. each of which could make a passage true. In English, this is the "inclusive or." The "exclusive or" is formed by "either(...) | |
| In Ohio, anyone under the age of 18 who wants a tattoo or body piercing needs the consent of a parent or guardian. | |
| He might get cancer, or be hit by a bus, or God knows what. | |
| 2. conj. (logic) An operator denoting the disjunction of two propositions or truth values. There are two forms, the inclusive or and the exclusive or. | |
| 3. conj. Counts the elements before and after as two possibilities. | |
| 4. conj. Otherwise (a consequence of the condition that the previous is false). | |
| It's raining! Come inside or you'll catch a cold! | |
| 5. conj. Connects two equivalent names. | |
| The country Myanmar, or Burma | |
| 6. n. (logic, electronics) alternative form of OR | |
| 7. n. (tincture) The gold or yellow tincture on a coat of arms. | |
| 8. adj. (tincture) Of gold or yellow tincture on a coat of arms. | |
| 9. adv. (obsolete) Early (on). | |
| 10. adv. (obsolete) Earlier, previously. | |
| 11. prep. (now archaic, or dialect) Before; ere. | |
| contemptible |
| 1. adj. deserving contempt | |
| timidity |
| 1. n. shyness | |
