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81 short excerpts of Wiktionnary (A collaborative project to produce a free-content dictionary.)

— English words —

• show v. (Transitive) To display, to have somebody see (something).
• show v. (Transitive) To bestow; to confer.
• show v. (Transitive) To indicate (a fact) to be true; to demonstrate.
• show v. (Transitive) To guide or escort.
• show v. (Intransitive) To be visible; to be seen; to appear.
• show v. (Intransitive, informal) To put in an appearance; show up.
• show v. (Intransitive, informal) To have an enlarged belly and thus be recognizable as pregnant.
• show v. (Intransitive, racing) To finish third, especially of horses or dogs.
• show v. (Intransitive, card games) To reveal one’s hand of cards.
• show v. (Obsolete) To have a certain appearance, such as well or ill, fit or unfit; to become or suit; to appear.
• show n. (Countable) A play, dance, or other entertainment.
• show n. (Countable) An exhibition of items.
• show n. (Countable) A broadcast program, especially a light entertainment program.
• show n. (Countable) A movie.
• show n. (Australia, New Zealand, countable) An agricultural show.
• show n. A project or presentation.
• show n. (Countable) A demonstration.
• show n. (Uncountable) Mere display or pomp with no substance. (Usually seen in the phrases "all show" and "for show".)
• show n. Outward appearance; wileful or deceptive appearance.
• show n. (Baseball, with "the") The major leagues.
• show n. (Mining, obsolete) A pale blue flame at the top of a candle flame, indicating the presence of firedamp.
• show n. (Archaic) Pretence.
• show n. (Archaic) Sign, token, or indication.
• show n. (Obsolete) Semblance; likeness; appearance.
• show n. (Obsolete) Plausibility.
• show n. (Medicine) A discharge, from the vagina, of mucus streaked with blood, occurring a short time before labor.
• show n. (Military, slang) A battle; local conflict.
• Show prop.n. A surname.

— Foreign words, define in English —

• Chinese
  • show n. (Hong Kong Cantonese) Alternative form of 騷／骚 (sou¹, “show”).
  • show v. (Hong Kong Cantonese) to show; to display.
  • show v. (Hong Kong Cantonese) to turn up.
  • show v. (Hong Kong Cantonese, eye dialect) Alternative form of so (sou¹, “to respond; to pay attention to”).
• Danish
  • show n. Show (play, dance, or other entertainment).
  • show n. Show (exhibition of items).
  • show n. Show (broadcast program, especially a light entertainment program).
• Finnish
  • show n. Show (entertainment).
• Hungarian
  • show n. Show (entertainment, programme, production, performance).
• Norwegian bokmål - Norwegian nynorsk
  • show n. A show (play, concert, entertainment).
• Polish
  • show n. Show (exhibition).
• Romanian
  • show n. Show.
• Swedish
  • show n. Show; a play, dance, or other entertainment.

— English words, defined in German —

• show V. Etwas zeigen, vorführen.
• show V. Von Schildern und Anzeigetafeln: anzeigen.
• show V. Wissenschaft: beweisen.
• show V. Auftauchen.

— English words, defined in Dutch —

• show n. Show.
• show n. Vertoning.
• show w. Tonen.
• show w. Vertonen.
• show w. Aanwijzen.
• show w. Bewijzen.

— English words, defined in French —

• show n. Spectacle.
• show n. Étalage.
• show n. Exposition professionnelle.
• show v. Montrer, exhiber.
• show v. Montrer, démontrer, prouver.

— English words, defined in Spanish —

• show v. Mostrar.
• show v. Notarse, verse.
• show v. Exhibir.
• show v. Indicar.
• show v. Condudir, acompañar.
• show v. Enseñar.
• show s. Espectáculo.
• show s. Demostración.
• show s. Exhibición.
• show s. Alarde, ostentación.
• show s. Actuación.

— English words, defined in Portuguese —

• show s. Espetáculo.
• show v. Mostrar.

— In German —

• Show S. Vorführung eines (großen) Unterhaltungsprogramms vor Publikum…

— In Dutch —

• show n. Een onderhoudende presentatie.
• show n. Uitvoering van een (klein)kunstwerk.
• show w. Eerste persoon enkelvoud tegenwoordige tijd van showen.
• show w. Gebiedende wijs van showen.
• show w. (Bij inversie) tweede persoon enkelvoud tegenwoordige tijd van showen.

— In French —

• show n.m. (Anglicisme) Spectacle.

— In Portuguese —

• show interj. Expressa apreço.
• show s. Espetáculo artístico (musical, circense, teatral, televisivo, etc).
• show s. Escândalo, manifestação escandalosa.

— In Italian —

• show s. (Forestierismo) spettacolo cinematografico o televisivo…
• show s. (Senso figurato) frangente in cui un individuo si fa notare…

151 English words from 41 English definitions

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10 English words from 40 foreign definitions

een etc Exposition musical Show Spectacle und van verse vor

74 foreign words from 40 foreign definitions

Aanwijzen acompañar Actuación Alarde Anglicisme anzeigen apreço artístico Auftauchen beweisen Bewijzen Bij cinematografico circense cui démontrer Demostración Eerste Eerste␣persoon eines enkelvoud Enseñar Escândalo escandalosa Espectáculo Espetáculo Étalage Etwas exhiber Exhibición Exhibir figurato Forestierismo frangente Gebiedende Gebiedende␣wijs großen Indicar individuo inversie klein kunstwerk manifestação Montrer Mostrar notare onderhoudende ostentación persoon presentatie professionnelle prouver Publikum Schildern Senso Senso␣figurato showen spettacolo teatral tegenwoordige␣tijd televisivo tijd Tonen tweede tweede␣persoon Uitvoering Vertonen Vertoning Von vorführen Vorführung wijs Wissenschaft zeigen

389 suffixes (New words found by adding one or more letters at the end of the word.)

Showa show'd showe shown Shown shows Showu showy showed showee shower show-er showie showin' show␣in showre showup show␣up showbag show␣bag showbiz show␣biz showbox show␣box showboy show␣day show␣dog showdom showees Showell show␣end showers showery showest showeth showful showier showies showily showing showish showman Showman showmen shown␣up showoff show-off show␣off show-out show␣out +339 words

276 times in the middle (New words found by adding letters in front and at the end of the word.)

fish␣owl go-shows no-shows no␣shows reshown reshows TV␣shows unshown unshowy airshows air␣shows big␣shows fish␣owls ice␣shows kid␣shows legshows nonshowy no-showed outshown outshows preshown preshows reshowed airshower air␣shower aquashows auto␣shows boat␣shows chatshows chat␣shows clip␣shows crapshows dishowner drag␣shows dumb-shows dumb␣shows foreshown foreshows gameshows game␣shows gong␣shows holy␣shows midshower minishows nonshower no-showing outshowed outshower overshown overshows +226 words

127 prefixes (New words found by adding one or more letters in front of the word.)

Ashow beshow go-show no-show no␣show on␣show reshow TV␣show airshow air␣show bad␣show big␣show for␣show ice␣show kid␣show legshow midshow outshow preshow aquashow auto␣show boat␣show chatshow chat␣show clip␣show crapshow drag␣show dumbshow dumb-show dumb␣show foreshow gameshow game␣show gang␣show gong␣show good␣show go␣to␣show holy␣show minishow overshow peepshow peep␣show poor␣show postshow quizshow quiz␣show roadshow shitshow shit␣show sideshow side␣show +76 words

6 words-in-word (Words found as is inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

how How sho Sho SHO sho'

3 words-in-word RTL (Words found written from right to left, inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

ohs OHs OHS

5 anagrams (New words found by changing the order of the letters.)

hows Hows how's whos who's

36 anagrams found with an extra letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word and an extra letter.)

Ashow chows dhows howes Howes howfs howls howps Howse howso how␣so Schow Showa show'd showe shown Shown shows Showu showy shrow sowth swosh whios whoas whoes whois whom's whoos whops whose whoso who␣so Whyos Wohls woosh

35 anagrams found minus a letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word minus a letter.)

hos HOS Hos. how How HWs ohs OHs OHS osh Osh OSW OWS sho Sho SHO sho' soh Soh sow Sow SOW swh who Who WHO W.H.O. W.␣H.␣O. WHS wos WoS WOs W.O.s W.␣O.s WSH

29 cousins (New words found by changing only one letter.)

chow Chow dhow jhow scow shaw Shaw shew Shew Shoa shod shoe Shoe shog Shon shoo shop Shop Shor shos shot Skow slow snow Snow stow Stow thow whow

9 lipograms (New words found when removing only one letter.)

how How sho Sho SHO sho' sow Sow SOW

2 epenthesis (New words found when adding only one letter.)

Schow shrow

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