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shew

/ʃəʊ/US/ʃoʊ/

shew is the archaic spelling of show.

shew is the simple past of show.

shew is the nonstandard spelling of shoo.

Meaning of show

Verb

show (third-person singular simple present shows, present participle showing, simple past showed or (archaic) shew, past participle shown or (US or rare) showed)

  1. (transitive) To display, convey or exhibit; to have something available for others to see; to direct attention to something.
    • The king showed great wisdom in his decisions.
    1. (transitive) To indicate; to convey facts that lead to a conclusion.
      • The record shows that you have been late twelve times this year.
    2. (transitive) To guide or escort; to show the way.
      • Could you please show him on his way. He has overstayed his welcome.
    3. (transitive) To bestow; to confer.
      • to show mercy; to show favour
    4. (transitive) To put on a movie, TV show, etc; to be presented in this way.
      • The cinema on Ninth Avenue is showing a couple family movies.
    5. (transitive) To display artwork in a gallery or museum.
      • John is showing his work tonight.

See all 40 meanings of show

Meaning of shoo

Verb

shoo (third-person singular simple present shoos, present participle shooing, simple past and past participle shooed)

  1. (informal, transitive) To induce someone or something to leave.
    • Don't just shoo away mosquitoes, kill them!
  2. (informal, intransitive) To leave under inducement.
    • You kids had better shoo before your parents get a call.
  3. (informal, rare) To usher someone.
    • Shoo the visitor in.

See all 4 meanings of shoo

Proper noun capitalized: Shew

Shew

  1. A surname.

Forms of shew

Verb
third-person singular presentshews
present participleshewing
pastshewed
past participleshewn
past participleshewed
past participle (obsolete)shewen
Noun
pluralshews

Words formed from shew

Phrases with shew

Words that rhyme with shew

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Questions about shew

What does shew mean?
Shew means a surname.
What is shew the archaic spelling of?
Shew is the archaic spelling of show.
What part of speech is shew?
Shew is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce shew?
Shew is pronounced /ʃoʊ/ (US).

Words near shew in the dictionary

  1. Shevlin
  2. Shevlins
  3. shevri
  4. Shevuos
  5. Shevuoth
  6. shew
  7. shew bread
  8. shew breads
  9. shew forth
  10. shew stone
  11. shew stones

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: shew (page history and authors); Shew (page history and authors); show (page history and authors); shoo (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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