transitive. Originally: to display (goods or wares) for sale. Later also: to display (esp. works of art or craft) in an exhibition, gallery, etc.

To show publicly for the purpose of amusement or instruction, or in a competition; to make a show of; rarely, to perform in public.

To show the ‘lions’ to (a person). Also absol.

To put (plants) on a stage; to exhibit (plants or other objects) at a show. Also absol.