Definition of "show" []

• To cause or allow to be seen; display. (verb-transitive)
• To display for sale, in exhibition, or in competition: showed her most recent paintings. (verb-transitive)
• To conduct; guide: showed them to the table. (verb-transitive)
• To direct one's attention to; point out: show them the biggest squash in the garden. (verb-transitive)
• To manifest (an emotion or condition, for example); reveal: showed displeasure at his remark; a carpet that shows wear. (verb-transitive)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "That, and the truth that in 10 years the naysayers will be forgotten, and made irrelevant...but the show, the *show*...goes on."
• "Red Line Chemistry will show off its softer side when it headlines a “special acoustic show”"
• "Priory, to take care of all the old trumpery, and show the place -- you know it's a _show place_."