Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for Show (-'s, -s)
shove (-d)show (-ed, -eth, -ing, -n, -s, shewn, shown)
show (-'s, -s), n. [see show, v.] (webplay: audience, displayed, phantom, view).
- Carnival; circus; elaborate exhibition; event held in a portable building with a charge for admission; [fig.] atmospheric display; sunrise, sunset, or aurora borealis.
- Spectacle; exhibition; facade; window dressing.
- Appearance; awakening; presence; coming into consciousness.
- Performance; public presentation; [fig.] marvel; wonder; miracle.
- Panorama; scene; vision; vista.
- Drama; play; theater staging.
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