Dictionary entries for 'show up'

Synonyms

show (shō)

[Middle English sheuen, shouen, from Old English scēawian, to look at, display.]

verb: showed, shown (shōn) or showed, show·ing, shows.

1. To cause or allow to be seen; display.
2. To display for sale, in exhibition, or in competition: showed her most recent paintings.
To conduct; guide: showed them to the table.
To direct one's attention to; point out: show them the biggest squash in the garden.
To manifest (an emotion or condition, for example); reveal: showed displeasure at his remark; a carpet that shows wear.
To permit access to (a house, for example) when offering for sale or rent.
To reveal (oneself) as in one's behavior or condition: The old boat showed itself to be seaworthy.
To indicate; register: The altimeter showed that the plane was descending.
1. To demonstrate by reasoning or procedure: showed that the hypothesis was wrong; a film that showed how to tune a piano.
2. To demonstrate to by reasoning or procedure; inform or prove to: showed him how to fix the camera; showed her that it could really happen.
To grant; bestow: showed no mercy to the traitors.
Law To plead; allege: show cause.

To be or become visible or evident.
Slang To make an appearance; show up: didn't show for her appointment.
1. To be exhibited publicly: What's showing at the movie theater tonight?
2. To give a performance or present an exhibition.
Sports To finish third or better in a horserace or dog race.

A display; a manifestation: made a show of strength.
1. A trace or indication, as of oil in a well.
2. The discharge of bloody mucus from the vagina indicating the start of labor.
3. The first discharge of blood in menstruation.
A false appearance; a pretense: only a show of kindness.
1. A striking appearance or display; a spectacle.
2. A pompous or ostentatious display.
Display or outward appearance: This antique tea service is just for show. His smile was for show.
1. A public exhibition or entertainment.
2. An exposition for the display or demonstration of commercial products: an auto show.
3. A usually competitive exhibition of domestic animals: won first place at the cat show.
1. A radio or television program.
2. A movie.
3. A theatrical troupe or company.
Informal An affair or undertaking: ran the whole show.
Sports Third place at the finish, as in a horserace.

show off: To display or behave in an ostentatious or conspicuous way.
show up: To be clearly visible.; To put in an appearance; arrive.; To expose or reveal the true character or nature of: showed their efforts up as a waste of time.; Informal To surpass, as in ability or intelligence.

get the show on the road: To get started.
show (one's) hand: Games To display one's cards with faces up. To state one's intentions or reveal one's resources, especially when previously hidden.
show (one's) heels: To depart from quickly; flee.
show (someone) a good time: To occupy (someone) with amusing things; entertain.