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'awian, 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.
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            go thy way, shew thyself to the priest. --matt.
                                                  viii. 4.
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            nor want we skill or art from whence to raise
            magnificence; and what can heaven show more?
                                                  --milton.
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   2. to exhibit to the mental view; to tell; to disclose; to
      reveal; to make known; as, to show one's designs.
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            shew them the way wherein they must walk. --ex.
                                                  xviii. 20.
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            if it please my father to do thee evil, then i will
            shew it thee, and send thee away.     --1 sam. xx.
                                                  13.
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   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.
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   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.
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            i 'll show my duty by my timely care. --dryden.
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   5. to bestow; to confer; to afford; as, to show favor.
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            shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me.
                                                  --ex. xx. 6.
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   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.
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see also:
showed shown showing shew shewed shewn 
shewing caution scavenger sheen to show forth 
to show his paces to show off to show up