Array and Show

noun

• An orderly arrangement.
  • usage: "an array of troops in battle order"
• An impressive display.
  • usage: "it was a bewildering array of books"; "his tools were in an orderly array on the basement wall"
• Especially fine or decorative clothing.
  • synonyms: raiment, regalia
• An arrangement of aerials spaced to give desired directional characteristics.

verb

• Lay out orderly or logically in a line or as if in a line.
  • usage: "lay out the clothes"; "lay out the arguments"
  • synonyms: range, lay out, set out
• Align oneself with a group or a way of thinking.
  • synonyms: align

• (n.) Order; a regular and imposing arrangement; disposition in regular lines; hence, order of battle; as, drawn up in battle array.
• (n.) To deck or dress; to adorn with dress; to cloth to envelop; -- applied especially to dress of a splendid kind.
• (n.) To place or dispose in order, as troops for battle; to marshal.
• (n.) The whole body of jurors summoned to attend the court.
• (n.) To set in order, as a jury, for the trial of a cause; that is, to call them man by man.
• (n.) A ranking or setting forth in order, by the proper officer, of a jury as impaneled in a cause.
• (n.) The whole body of persons thus placed in order; an orderly collection; hence, a body of soldiers.
• (n.) An imposing series of things.
• (n.) Dress; garments disposed in order upon the person; rich or beautiful apparel.
• (n.) The panel itself.

noun

• The act of publicly exhibiting or entertaining.
  • usage: "a remarkable show of skill"
• Something intended to communicate a particular impression.
  • usage: "made a display of strength"; "a show of impatience"; "a good show of looking interested"
  • synonyms: display
• A social event involving a public performance or entertainment.
  • usage: "they wanted to see some of the shows on Broadway"
• Pretending that something is the case in order to make a good impression.
  • usage: "they try to keep up appearances"; "that ceremony is just for show"
  • synonyms: appearance

verb

• Give an exhibition of to an interested audience.
  • usage: "She shows her dogs frequently"; "We will demo the new software in Washington"
  • synonyms: demo, exhibit, present, demonstrate
• Establish the validity of something, as by an example, explanation or experiment.
  • usage: "The experiment demonstrated the instability of the compound"; "The mathematician showed the validity of the conjecture"
  • synonyms: prove, demonstrate, establish, shew
• Provide evidence for.
  • usage: "The blood test showed that he was the father"; "Her behavior testified to her incompetence"
  • synonyms: testify, bear witness, prove, evidence
• Make visible or noticeable.
  • usage: "She showed her talent for cooking"; "Show me your etchings, please"
• Show in, or as in, a picture.
  • usage: "This scene depicts country life"; "the face of the child is rendered with much tenderness in this painting"
  • synonyms: picture, depict, render
• Give expression to.
  • usage: "She showed her disappointment"
  • synonyms: express, evince
• Indicate a place, direction, person, or thing; either spatially or figuratively.
  • usage: "I showed the customer the glove section"; "He pointed to the empty parking space"; "he indicated his opponents"
  • synonyms: indicate, point, designate
• Be or become visible or noticeable.
  • usage: "His good upbringing really shows"; "The dirty side will show"
  • synonyms: show up
• Indicate a certain reading; of gauges and instruments.
  • usage: "The thermometer showed thirteen degrees below zero"; "The gauge read `empty'"
  • synonyms: read, register, record
• Give evidence of, as of records.
  • usage: "The diary shows his distress that evening"
• Take (someone) to their seats, as in theaters or auditoriums.
  • usage: "The usher showed us to our seats"
  • synonyms: usher
• Finish third or better in a horse or dog race.
  • usage: "he bet $2 on number six to show"

• (v.t.) To make apparent or clear, as by evidence, testimony or reasoning; to prove; to explain; also, to manifest; to evince; as, to show the truth of a statement; to show the causes of an event.
• (v.i.) To exhibit or manifest one's self or itself; to appear; to look; to be in appearance; to seem.
• (n.) A pale blue flame, at the top of a candle flame, indicating the presence of fire damp.
• (n.) A discharge, from the vagina, of mucus streaked with blood, occuring a short time before labor.
• (v.t.) Specifically, to make known the way to (a person); hence, to direct; to guide; to asher; to conduct; as, to show a person into a parlor; to show one to the door.
• (v.t.) To exhibit or present to view; to place in sight; to display; -- the thing exhibited being the object, and often with an indirect object denoting the person or thing seeing or beholding; as, to show a house; show your colors; shopkeepers show customers goods (show goods to customers).
• (n.) The act of showing or bringing to view; exposure to sight; exhibition.
• (n.) That which os shown or brought to view; that which is arranged to be seen; a spectacle; an exhibition; as, a traveling show; a cattle show.
• (v.i.) To have a certain appearance, as well or ill, fit or unfit; to become or suit; to appear.
• (n.) False semblance; deceitful appearance; pretense.
• (v.t.) To bestow; to confer; to afford; as, to show favor.
• (n.) Semblance; likeness; appearance.
• (v.t.) To exhibit to the mental view; to tell; to disclose; to reveal; to make known; as, to show one's designs.
• (n.) Proud or ostentatious display; parade; pomp.