shew

«shew» in Mova's school dictionary: an old way of writing show: to let someone see something… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

verb (shew, shews, shewed, shewn, shewing) (old spelling of show)

meaning for a pupil

(old spelling) Shew is an old way of writing show: to let someone see something, or to make something plain. tree →

sense in the lessons

in old stories this spelling is used for show; today write «show», but the old book may say «shew»

examples

• She shewed the ring to her guests. tree →
• The bride began to shew herself in her true colours. tree →
• He shewed them the way up the stairs. tree →

note

nothing for maths

In the corpora

• And I will shew wonders in the heavens and in the earth, blood, and fire, and pillars of smoke.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «shew» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.