--- title: S — The English dictionary with trees and pragmatics · page 41 description: The 2316 words of the English dictionary under S, every meaning for a pupil and every example with its dependency tree and pragmatics. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/S/page/41/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/) / [English dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/) / S # S — The English dictionary · page 41 [A](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/A/) · [B](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/B/) · [C](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/C/) · [D](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/D/) · [E](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/E/) · [F](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/F/) · [G](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/G/) · [H](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/H/) · [I](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/I/) · [J](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/J/) · [K](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/K/) · [L](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/L/) · [M](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/M/) · [N](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/N/) · [O](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/O/) · [P](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/P/) · [Q](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/Q/) · [R](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/R/) · [S](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/S/) · [T](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/T/) · [U](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/U/) · [V](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/V/) · [W](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/W/) · [X](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/X/) · [Y](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/Y/) · [Z](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/Z/) [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/S/) … [40](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/S/page/40/) **41** [42](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/S/page/42/) … [127](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/S/page/127/) **shotgun** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A long gun that fires many small metal balls at once, used for hunting birds.[↗](../../shotgun/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (US, Canada, Australia, slang) «Shotgun!» is what children shout to claim the front seat of a car.[↗](../../shotgun/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Shotgun\![↗](../../shotgun/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") I'm sitting in the front\![↗](../../shotgun/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · My brother always calls shotgun first.[↗](../../shotgun/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The farmer kept a shotgun to scare foxes.[↗](../../shotgun/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Never touch a gun if you find one; tell an adult.[↗](../../shotgun/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · He rode shotgun on the long trip.[↗](../../shotgun/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Shotguns are used to hunt ducks.[↗](../../shotgun/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The big man had been wakened by the noise, and had fired both barrels of a shotgun into Nag just behind the hood.[↗](../../shotgun/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **shoulder** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Your shoulder is the part of your body where your arm joins the rest of your body, below your neck.[↗](../../shoulder/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* The shoulder of a road (US, Canada, Australia) is the strip at the edge where cars can stop.[↗](../../shoulder/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* To shoulder something means to carry it on your shoulder, or to take on a job or blame.[↗](../../shoulder/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* She carried her bag on her shoulder.[↗](../../shoulder/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · He shrugged his shoulders; he didn't know.[↗](../../shoulder/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The shoulder is a ball-and-socket joint.[↗](../../shoulder/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · My dad lifted me onto his shoulders to see the parade.[↗](../../shoulder/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Tap her on the shoulder to say hello.[↗](../../shoulder/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The car pulled over onto the shoulder.[↗](../../shoulder/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Head, shoulders, knees and toes\![↗](../../shoulder/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · But an iron claw gripped his shoulder.[↗](../../shoulder/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · They made shoulder-pieces for it, joined together; at the two ends was it joined together.[↗](../../shoulder/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah EXO.39.4, JPS 1917)[↗](../../shoulder/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · It shall have two shoulder-pieces joined to the two ends thereof, that it may be joined together.[↗](../../shoulder/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah EXO.28.7, JPS 1917)[↗](../../shoulder/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · And the people took their dough before it was leavened, their kneading-troughs being bound up in their clothes upon their shoulders.[↗](../../shoulder/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah EXO.12.34, JPS 1917)[↗](../../shoulder/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · 'I removed his shoulder from the burden; His hands were freed from the basket.[↗](../../shoulder/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.81.7, JPS 1917)[↗](../../shoulder/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · Then let my shoulder fall from the shoulder-blade, and mine arm be broken from the bone.[↗](../../shoulder/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.31.22, JPS 1917)[↗](../../shoulder/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") · And he had greaves of brass upon his legs, and a javelin of brass between his shoulders.[↗](../../shoulder/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets 1SA.17.6, JPS 1917)[↗](../../shoulder/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") **shouldest** — *Early Modern English, meaning 1:* You should or ought to; you would be expected to.[↗](../../shouldest/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Hast thou eaten of the tree, whereof I commanded thee that thou shouldest not eat?'[↗](../../shouldest/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.3.11, JPS 1917) · that I will not take a thread nor a shoe-latchet nor aught that is thine, lest thou shouldest say: I have made Abram rich;[↗](../../shouldest/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.14.23, JPS 1917) · And Laban said unto Jacob: 'Because thou art my brother, shouldest thou therefore serve me for nought? tell me, what shall thy wages be?'[↗](../../shouldest/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.29.15, JPS 1917) **shouldst** — *Early Modern English, meaning 1:* You should or ought to; you would be expected to.[↗](../../shouldst/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* What have I done that thou shouldst turn away?[↗](../../shouldst/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") (Indian Fairy Tales) · "Perish!" cried he, "for 'tis but just that such a wretch as thou shouldst perish!"[↗](../../shouldst/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") (Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales) · ‘It is a wonder that such a man as thou shouldst be without a companion.’[↗](../../shouldst/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") (The Lilac Fairy Book) **shout** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To say something very loudly.[↗](../../shout/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* "Don't shout."[↗](../../shout/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To call loudly to get help or attention.[↗](../../shout/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* "Shout for help."[↗](../../shout/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* As a noun, a loud cry.[↗](../../shout/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* "a shout of joy".[↗](../../shout/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* (British, Australian, informal) Someone's turn to pay.[↗](../../shout/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* "It's my shout."[↗](../../shout/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Don't shout in the classroom.[↗](../../shout/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Shout for help if you are in danger.[↗](../../shout/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · She shouted "Goal!"[↗](../../shout/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · He shouted at his brother, then said sorry.[↗](../../shout/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · We heard a shout from the river.[↗](../../shout/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Shout "Fire!" if you see a fire.[↗](../../shout/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Shout out the answer when you know it.[↗](../../shout/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · It's my shout — I'll buy the drinks.[↗](../../shout/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · “That’s a lie!” shouted the giantess.[↗](../../shout/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · And when Joshua heard the noise of the people as they shouted, he said unto Moses: 'There is a noise of war in the camp.'[↗](../../shout/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah EXO.32.17, JPS 1917)[↗](../../shout/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · And there came forth fire from before the LORD, and consumed upon the altar the burnt-offering and the fat; and when all the people saw it, they shouted, and fell on their faces.[↗](../../shout/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah LEV.9.24, JPS 1917)[↗](../../shout/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · And he said: 'It is not the voice of them that shout for mastery, neither is it the voice of them that cry for being overcome, but the noise of them that sing do I hear.'[↗](../../shout/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah EXO.32.18, JPS 1917)[↗](../../shout/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · Shout unto God, all the earth; (Writings PSA.66.1, JPS 1917)[↗](../../shout/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") · Shout unto the LORD, all the earth.[↗](../../shout/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.100.1, JPS 1917)[↗](../../shout/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") · So the people shouted, and the priests blew with the horns.[↗](../../shout/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets JOS.6.20, JPS 1917)[↗](../../shout/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") **shouter** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A person who shouts a lot or speaks very loudly.[↗](../../shouter/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A loud person who gets angry quickly and yells when cross.[↗](../../shouter/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Our coach is a shouter, but he's kind really.[↗](../../shouter/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Mum isn't a shouter; she goes quiet when she's cross.[↗](../../shouter/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The shouter in the crowd yelled at the referee.[↗](../../shouter/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · My little brother is the loudest shouter in the house.[↗](../../shouter/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The shouters at the front of the protest held big signs.[↗](../../shouter/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · If an adult is a shouter and it frightens you, talk to someone you trust.[↗](../../shouter/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **shouting** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Shouting means saying something very loudly, using a big voice.[↗](../../shouting/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* People shout to call someone far away, to warn of danger, or because they are angry or excited.[↗](../../shouting/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* As a noun, shouting is the noise of people talking very loudly.[↗](../../shouting/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The children were shouting and cheering at the football match.[↗](../../shouting/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Please stop shouting; I can hear you.[↗](../../shouting/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · If you are lost or in danger, shouting for help is the right thing to do.[↗](../../shouting/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Dad was shouting to us from the other side of the field.[↗](../../shouting/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · We heard shouting in the street and looked out of the window.[↗](../../shouting/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Don't shout out the answer; put your hand up.[↗](../../shouting/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · She was shouting because she was angry with her brother.[↗](../../shouting/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The lifeguard was shouting «Swim back to the beach!»[↗](../../shouting/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · In terror the Boy ran toward the village shouting "Wolf\![↗](../../shouting/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · None hath beheld iniquity in Jacob, neither hath one seen perverseness in Israel; the LORD his God is with him, and the shouting for the King is among them.[↗](../../shouting/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah NUM.23.21, JPS 1917)[↗](../../shouting/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · Till He fill thy mouth with laughter, and thy lips with shouting.[↗](../../shouting/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.8.21, JPS 1917)[↗](../../shouting/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · God is gone up amidst shouting, the LORD amidst the sound of the horn.[↗](../../shouting/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.47.6, JPS 1917)[↗](../../shouting/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · He scorneth the tumult of the city, neither heareth he the shoutings of the driver.[↗](../../shouting/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.39.7, JPS 1917)[↗](../../shouting/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") **shove** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To shove is to push someone or something roughly and hard.[↗](../../shove/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To shove something somewhere is to put it there quickly and carelessly.[↗](../../shove/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* A shove is a hard, rough push.[↗](../../shove/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Please don't shove in the line.[↗](../../shove/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · He shoved the door, but it was stuck.[↗](../../shove/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · She shoved her books into her bag and ran.[↗](../../shove/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The car wouldn't start, so we gave it a shove.[↗](../../shove/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Someone shoved me and I fell over.[↗](../../shove/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Shove over and let me sit down.[↗](../../shove/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The big kids pushed and shoved to get on the bus.[↗](../../shove/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · With that the little man shoved him in at the door, and locked it.[↗](../../shove/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **shovel** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (noun) A tool with a long handle and a wide, slightly curved blade for lifting and moving earth, snow, sand or coal.[↗](../../shovel/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (verb) To lift and move something with a shovel: shovel snow.[↗](../../shovel/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (verb, informal) To put a lot of something somewhere quickly and roughly.[↗](../../shovel/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* "He shovelled food into his mouth."[↗](../../shovel/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Dad used a shovel to clear the snow from the drive.[↗](../../shovel/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · We shovelled sand into the bucket.[↗](../../shovel/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The builder picked up a shovel and started digging.[↗](../../shovel/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · He shovelled his dinner into his mouth and ran out to play.[↗](../../shovel/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · In old steam trains, the fireman shovelled coal into the fire.[↗](../../shovel/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Bring a shovel and a bucket to the beach.[↗](../../shovel/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · "Come here and sit on this shovel!"[↗](../../shovel/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · And he made all the vessels of the altar, the pots, and the shovels, and the basins, the flesh-hooks, and the fire-pans; all the vessels thereof made he of brass.[↗](../../shovel/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah EXO.38.3, JPS 1917)[↗](../../shovel/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · And thou shalt make its pots to take away its ashes, and its shovels, and its basins, and its flesh-hooks, and its fire-pans; all the vessels thereof thou shalt make of brass.[↗](../../shovel/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah EXO.27.3, JPS 1917)[↗](../../shovel/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · And Hiram made the pots, and the shovels, and the basins.[↗](../../shovel/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets 1KI.7.40, JPS 1917)[↗](../../shovel/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · And Huram made the pots, and the shovels, and the basins.[↗](../../shovel/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings 2CH.4.11, JPS 1917)[↗](../../shovel/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · And the pots, and the shovels, and the snuffers, and the pans, and all the vessels of brass wherewith they ministered, took they away.[↗](../../shovel/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets 2KI.25.14, JPS 1917)[↗](../../shovel/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") **show** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To show is to let someone see something.[↗](../../show/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To show is to explain how to do something: show me how to tie a knot.[↗](../../show/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* To show is to make something clear: the graph shows the results.[↗](../../show/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* A show is something to watch, like a play, a concert or a TV programme.[↗](../../show/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 5:* A show is also an event where things are displayed, like a flower show or an art show.[↗](../../show/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The show lasts 90 minutes.[↗](../../show/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Tickets for the show cost $8.[↗](../../show/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Show your work.[↗](../../show/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The graph shows how many books each child read.[↗](../../show/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · It is my turn for show and tell.[↗](../../show/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Can you show me the way to the library?[↗](../../show/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Our class put on a puppet show.[↗](../../show/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Stop showing off on your bike\![↗](../../show/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Will ye show me the way?"[↗](../../show/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · And he said: 'Show me, I pray Thee, Thy glory.'[↗](../../show/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah EXO.33.18, JPS 1917)[↗](../../show/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · And the LORD showed him all the land, even Gilead as far as Dan; (Torah DEU.34.1, JPS 1917)[↗](../../show/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · a nation of fierce countenance, that shall not regard the person of the old, nor show favour to the young.[↗](../../show/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah DEU.28.50, JPS 1917)[↗](../../show/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · And the LORD showed me four craftsmen.[↗](../../show/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets ZEC.2.3, JPS 1917)[↗](../../show/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") · And Elijah went to show himself unto Ahab.[↗](../../show/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets 1KI.18.2, JPS 1917)[↗](../../show/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") · Why dost Thou show me iniquity, and beholdest mischief?[↗](../../show/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets HAB.1.3, JPS 1917)[↗](../../show/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") **shower** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A device that sprays water on you from above to wash your body, or the act of washing under it.[↗](../../shower/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A short period of rain or snow.[↗](../../shower/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* April showers.[↗](../../shower/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* A lot of small things falling together: a shower of sparks, a meteor shower.[↗](../../shower/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* As a verb, to wash under a shower, or to give someone a lot of something: shower them with gifts.[↗](../../shower/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 5:* A party where people bring presents, like a baby shower (mainly American).[↗](../../shower/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* I have a shower after football.[↗](../../shower/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Check the water isn't too hot before you get in the shower.[↗](../../shower/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The forecast says sunny with light showers.[↗](../../shower/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · We watched a meteor shower at night.[↗](../../shower/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · A shower of leaves fell from the tree.[↗](../../shower/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The bathroom floor is slippery after a shower.[↗](../../shower/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · A five-minute shower saves water.[↗](../../shower/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Her grandparents showered her with hugs.[↗](../../shower/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · There fell a shower of snow.[↗](../../shower/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · My doctrine shall drop as the rain, my speech shall distil as the dew; as the small rain upon the tender grass, and as the showers upon the herb.[↗](../../shower/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah DEU.32.2, JPS 1917)[↗](../../shower/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · May he come down like rain upon the mown grass, as showers that water the earth.[↗](../../shower/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.72.6, JPS 1917)[↗](../../shower/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · They are wet with the showers of the mountains, and embrace the rock for want of a shelter.[↗](../../shower/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.24.8, JPS 1917)[↗](../../shower/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · Are there any among the vanities of the nations that can cause rain? or can the heavens give showers?[↗](../../shower/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets JER.14.22, JPS 1917)[↗](../../shower/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") **showeth** — *Early Modern English, meaning 1:* «showeth» means «shows», a form of «show».[↗](../../showeth/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* To show is to let someone see something.[↗](../../showeth/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* And Balaam said unto Balak: 'Stand by thy burnt-offering, and I will go; peradventure the LORD will come to meet me; and whatsoever He showeth me I will tell thee.'[↗](../../showeth/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") And he went to a bare height.[↗](../../showeth/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah NUM.23.3, JPS 1917) **showing** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* letting someone see something, or being seen.[↗](../../showing/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (euphemism, everyday) of a pregnant woman: her bump can be seen ("she's starting to show", "she's showing").[↗](../../showing/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (noun) a time when a film is shown, or a performance ("a showing at 7").[↗](../../showing/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* a result ("a good showing in the race").[↗](../../showing/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 5:* To show off means to act boastfully, so that people will admire you.[↗](../../showing/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* My auntie is five months pregnant and she's really showing now.[↗](../../showing/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The cinema has a late showing of the film.[↗](../../showing/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Your vest is showing under your shirt.[↗](../../showing/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The team made a strong showing in the cup.[↗](../../showing/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · "Is she showing yet?"[↗](../../showing/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") Mum asked about the new teacher.[↗](../../showing/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · I'm showing my project to the class tomorrow.[↗](../../showing/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · “Then tell him to stop showing off,” said John.[↗](../../showing/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · and showing mercy unto the thousandth generation of them that love Me and keep My commandments.[↗](../../showing/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah EXO.20.6, JPS 1917)[↗](../../showing/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Wherefore, O king, let my counsel be acceptable unto thee, and break off thy sins by almsgiving, and thine iniquities by showing mercy to the poor; if there may be a lengthening of thy prosperity.'[↗](../../showing/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings DAN.4.24, JPS 1917)[↗](../../showing/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **showman** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A showman is a person who runs a show, such as a fair or a travelling theatre, to entertain people for money.[↗](../../showman/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The showman had just set up his little theatre.[↗](../../showman/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The people sat round the room to watch the show.[↗](../../showman/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The showman was dressed in bright clothes.[↗](../../showman/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/S/) … [40](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/S/page/40/) **41** [42](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/S/page/42/) … [127](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/S/page/127/) - ← previous: [page 40](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/S/page/40/) - next →: [page 42](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/S/page/42/) - ↑ back to [The English dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/)