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shew

American  
[shoh] / ʃoʊ /

verb (used with or without object)

shewed, shewn, shewing
  1. an archaic spelling of show.


shew British  
/ ʃəʊ /

verb

  1. an archaic spelling of show

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Other Word Forms

  • shewer noun

Example Sentences

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Much has already been said in the excellent blog by Jonathan Liew; the intolerance shewn by to Ms Osaka in respect of her health and well being beggars belief.

From The Guardian

Yet tree shews do not share the same enzyme-producing mutation as humans.

From New York Times

‘Take with you paper and ynke,’ instructed a well-educated mariner in the 1850s, ‘and keepe a continual journal … that may be shewed and read at your return.”

From New York Times

Mac and ’shews “Cheese” made with vegetables and raw cashew nuts, pureed, then baked.

From The Guardian

When, a few days past, the Articles of War were read to us all, great shew was made over those words devoted to the punishments for soldiers who dare desert.

From Literature