shew
/ʃoʊ/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.46 in modern English
10
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
1
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
simple past of show
verb
Nonstandard spelling of shoo.
name
A surname.
Example Sentences
- "NOw the Lord had ſaid vnto Abram, Get thee out of thy countrey, and from thy kinred, and from thy fathers houſe, vnto a land that I will ſhew thee."
- "And ſhee ſhewed her mother in lawe with whom ſhee had wrought, and ſaid, The mans name with whom I wrought to day, is Boaz."
- "I give it you without any other design than to shew you that I reckon nothing dear to me, when I want to do you a pleasure."
- "The section shewing its concavity and handle."
- "[…] Mr. Willoughby wanted particularly to shew me the place; […]"
- "[…] partly because he has a habit of doing it, and partly because it's as well to shew the passengers how cool he is, and what an easy thing it is to drive four-in-hand, when you have had as much practice as he has."
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ʃoʊ/
- British English: /ʃəʊ/