Lark and Show

noun

• North American songbirds having a yellow breast.
  • synonyms: meadowlark
• A songbird that lives mainly on the ground in open country; has streaky brown plumage.
  • synonyms: pipit, titlark
• Any of numerous predominantly Old World birds noted for their singing.
• Any carefree episode.
  • synonyms: escapade

verb

• Play boisterously.
  • usage: "The children frolicked in the garden"; "the gamboling lambs in the meadows"; "The toddlers romped in the playroom"
  • synonyms: frolic, rollick, skylark, disport, sport, cavort, gambol, frisk, romp, run around, lark about

• (v.i.) To catch larks; as, to go larking.
• (n.) Any one numerous species of singing birds of the genus Alauda and allied genera (family Alaudidae). They mostly belong to Europe, Asia, and Northern Africa. In America they are represented by the shore larks or horned by the shore larks or horned larks, of the genus Otocoris. The true larks have holaspidean tarsi, very long hind claws, and usually, dull, sandy brown colors.
• (v.i.) A frolic; a jolly time.
• (v.i.) To sport; to frolic.

• English, American: From the English word for the type of songbird
• English: Lark

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.