Commit and Show

• (v.t.) To give in trust; to put into charge or keeping; to intrust; to consign; -- used with to, unto.
• (v.t.) To confound.
• (v.i.) To sin; especially, to be incontinent.
• (v.t.) To put in charge of a jailor; to imprison.
• (v.t.) To join for a contest; to match; -- followed by with.
• (v.t.) To pledge or bind; to compromise, expose or endanger by some decisive act or preliminary step; -- often used reflexively; as, to commit one's self to a certain course.
• (v.t.) To do; to perpetrate, as a crime, sin or fault.

verb

• Perform an act, usually with a negative connotation.
  • usage: "perpetrate a crime"; "pull a bank robbery"
  • synonyms: perpetrate, pull
• Give entirely to a specific person, activity, or cause.
  • usage: "She committed herself to the work of God"; "give one's talents to a good cause"; "consecrate your life to the church"
  • synonyms: give, dedicate, consecrate, devote
• Cause to be admitted; of persons to an institution.
  • usage: "After the second episode, she had to be committed"; "he was committed to prison"
  • synonyms: institutionalize, institutionalise, send, charge
• Confer a trust upon.
  • usage: "The messenger was entrusted with the general's secret"; "I commit my soul to God"
  • synonyms: entrust, intrust, trust, confide
• Make an investment.
  • usage: "Put money into bonds"
  • synonyms: invest, put, place
• Engage in or perform.
  • usage: "practice safe sex"; "commit a random act of kindness"
  • synonyms: practice

(DoD) The process of committing one or more air interceptors or surface-to-air missiles for interception against a target track.

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.