Associations to the word «Shew»

Wiktionary

SHEW, verb. (archaic) Alternative form of show
SHEW, verb. (East Anglia dialect) simple past tense of show
SHEW, noun. (archaic) A show.
SHEW BREAD, noun. Twelve loaves of bread placed on the alter in Jewish Temples and renewed periodically. See showbread.

Dictionary definition

SHEW, verb. Establish the validity of something, as by an example, explanation or experiment; "The experiment demonstrated the instability of the compound"; "The mathematician showed the validity of the conjecture".

Wise words

It is better wither to be silent, or to say things of more value than silence. Sooner throw a pearl at hazard than an idle or useless word; and do not say a little in many words, but a great deal in a few.
Pythagoras