Crossword clues for shown
shown
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
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.]
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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).
Go thy way, shew thyself to the priest.
--Matt. viii. 4.Nor want we skill or art from whence to raise Magnificence; and what can heaven show more?
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To exhibit to the mental view; to tell; to disclose; to reveal; to make known; as, to show one's designs.
Shew them the way wherein they must walk.
--Ex. xviii. 20.If it please my father to do thee evil, then I will shew it thee, and send thee away.
--1 Sam. xx. 1 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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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.
I 'll show my duty by my timely care.
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To bestow; to confer; to afford; as, to show favor.
Shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me.
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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.]
Shown \Shown\, p. p. of Show.
Wiktionary
vb. (past participle of show English)
WordNet
n. a public exhibition of entertainment; "a remarkable show of skill"
something intended to communicate a particular impression; "made a display of strength"; "a show of impatience"; "a good show of looking interested" [syn: display]
a public exhibition or entertainment; "they wanted to see some of the shows on Broadway"
pretending that something is the case in order to make a good impression; "they try to keep up appearances"; "that ceremony is just for show" [syn: appearance]
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v. show or demonstrate something to an interested audience; "She shows her dogs frequently"; "We will demo the new software in Washington" [syn: demo, exhibit, present, demonstrate]
establish the validity of something, as by an example, explanation or experiment; "The experiment demonstrated the instability of the compound"; "The mathematician showed the validity of the conjecture" [syn: prove, demonstrate, establish, shew] [ant: disprove]
provide evidence for; "The blood test showed that he was the father"; "Her behavior testified to her incompetence" [syn: testify, bear witness, prove, evidence]
make visible or noticeable; "She showed her talent for cooking"; "Show me your etchings, please" [ant: hide]
show in, or as in, a picture; "This scene depicts country life"; "the face of the child is rendered with much tenderness in this painting" [syn: picture, depict, render]
give expression to; "She showed her disappointment" [syn: express, evince]
indicate a place, direction, person, or thing; either spatially or figuratively; "I showed the customer the glove section"; "He pointed to the empty parking space"; "he indicated his opponents" [syn: indicate, point]
make clear and visible; "The article revealed the policies of the government" [syn: reveal, display]
be or become visible or noticeable; "His good upbringing really shows"; "The dirty side will show" [syn: show up]
indicate a certain reading; of gauges and instruments; "The thermometer showed thirteen degrees below zero"; "The gauge read `empty'" [syn: read, register, record]
give evidence of, as of records; "The diary shows his distress that evening"
show (someone) to their seats, as in theaters or auditoriums; "The usher showed us to our seats" [syn: usher]
finish third or better in a horse or dog race; "he bet $2 on number six to show"
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See show
Wikipedia
Shown is an American surname that reflects an Anglicization of the German surname Schaun. A common variant is Shawn. Examples:
- Elizabeth Shown Mills (born 1944), American genealogist
- Suzan Shown Harjo (born 1945), Native American activist
Usage examples of "shown".
Animal figures often take the place of these gods as in the second picture in Dresden 7c where the screech owl is shown with human body.
Animals are frequently shown copulating with various gods or with one another.
These animals probably represent in some way the totems of the man or woman in question and are shown in place of the human figure.
In the greater number of cases where copulation is shown a god and a female figure are pictured.
The dog, the deer, and the turkey are the most important of the animals shown as being offered to the gods in this connection.
It is, however, in another connection than that just considered that the animals are shown as offerings far more frequently throughout the Maya manuscripts.
The head and feet of the lizard, as has been noted, may also be shown by a glyph.
In the Maya picture, a jaguar is shown on the right hand, a peccary on the left, a dog on the right foot, and a rabbit beside the body at her right.
In both these places the conception and the bearing of children are shown together with their baptism.
Certain gods in this section which relates to the planting of maize are shown as being attacked by vultures and blow-flies.
Many times when the glyph, either of a god or an animal, is shown with no accompanying picture, the reason seems to be that there is no room for the latter on account of the numerical calculations which take up all the space.
Round spots of color are evidently intended by the markings on the shells shown in figs.
The first pair only of legs is shown with a pinching claw, possibly intended as a conventionalized hand, while the rest are simple.
In each of these cases the centipede head surrounded by dots is shown in connection with the main part of the glyph.
The acute powers of observation shown by the artist are evinced in this figure since he draws the spider correctly with eight legs instead of the six or ten sometimes seen in drawings by our own illustrators.