Emily Dickinson Lexicon

show (-ed, -eth, -ing, -n, -s, shewn, shown), v. [OE sceawian, to look, to see.] (webplay: disclose, displayed, know, led the eye, offered, offering, proof, prove, reveal, see, teach, view).

1. Record; attest; document; prove; witness; testify.
2. Exhibit for; display for; present to view for; allow for someone to see.
3. Display; present.
4. Exemplify; reveal.
5. Teach; model for; provide the pattern for.
6. Appear; look; seem.
7. Demonstrate; explain; make evident; cause to be clear.
8. Introduce; accompany; parade; present formally to a royal audience; [fig.] boast; show off.
9. Replicate; publicly suffer; become subjected to; be proved by; manifest willingness to endure.
10. Direct; counsel; advise; correct; point out error to.
11. Render; represent; depict; picture; paint; portray; indicate.
12. Market; advertise; present for sale.
13. Expose as; unmask as.
14. Lead; escort.
15. Typify; approximate; manifest; represent symbolically.
16. Divulge; disclose; uncover; release; [fig.] make vulnerable.
17. Raise; put up for display.
18. Illuminate; elucidate; highlight.
19. Exist for a time; live for a while.
20. Behave with; act according to.
21. Sprout; bloom; blossom; unfold; unfurl leaves and petals.
22. Phrase. “show … the way”: guide; lead; direct to the right course.