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shewing

shewing is the present participle and gerund of shew.

shewing is the obsolete form of showing.

Meaning of showing

Noun

showing (plural showings)

  1. An occasion when something is shown.
    • We went to the midnight showing of the new horror movie.
  2. A result, a judgement.
    • He made a poor showing at his first time at bat.

Forms of shewing

pluralshewings

Phrases with shewing

Questions about shewing

What is shewing the present participle and gerund of?
Shewing is the present participle and gerund of shew.

Words near shewing in the dictionary

  1. shewey
  2. Shewfelt
  3. Shewfelts
  4. shewier
  5. shewiest
  6. shewing
  7. shewing forth
  8. shewings
  9. Shewmake
  10. Shewmaker
  11. Shewmakers

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: shewing (page history and authors); showing (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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