display, exhibit, showing
(noun) something shown to the public; “the museum had many exhibits of oriental art”
display, presentation
(noun) a visual representation of something
display, video display
(noun) an electronic device that represents information in visual form
display, show
(noun) something intended to communicate a particular impression; “made a display of strength”; “a show of impatience”; “a good show of looking interested”
display
(noun) exhibiting openly in public view; “a display of courage”
display
(noun) behavior that makes your feelings public; “a display of emotion”
expose, exhibit, display
(verb) to show, make visible or apparent; “The Metropolitan Museum is exhibiting Goya’s works this month”; “Why don’t you show your nice legs and wear shorter skirts?”; “National leaders will have to display the highest skills of statesmanship”
display
(verb) attract attention by displaying some body part or posing; of animals
Source: WordNet® 3.1
display (countable and uncountable, plural displays)
A show or spectacle.
A piece of work to be presented visually.
(computing) An electronic screen that shows graphics or text.
(computing) The presentation of information for visual or tactile reception.
(travel, aviation, in a reservation system) The asterisk symbol, used to denote that the following information will be displayed, eg, *H will "display history".
display (third-person singular simple present displays, present participle displaying, simple past and past participle displayed)
(transitive) To show conspicuously; to exhibit; to demonstrate; to manifest.
(intransitive) To make a display; to act as one making a show or demonstration.
(military) To extend the front of (a column), bringing it into line.
(printing, dated) To make conspicuous by using large or prominent type.
(obsolete) To discover; to descry.
(obsolete) To spread out, to unfurl.
Synonym: splay
Source: Wiktionary
Dis*play", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Displayed; p. pr. & vb. n. Displaying.] Etym: [OE. displaien, desplaien, OF. despleier, desploier, F. déployer; pref. des- (L. dis-) + pleier, ploier, plier, F. ployer, plier, to fold, bend, L. plicare. See Ply, and cf. Deploy, Splay.]
1. To unfold; to spread wide; to expand; to stretch out; to spread. The northern wind his wings did broad display. Spenser.
2. (Mil.)
Definition: To extend the front of (a column), bringing it into line. Farrow.
3. To spread before the view; to show; to exhibit to the sight, or to the mind; to make manifest. His statement . . . displays very clearly the actual condition of the army. Burke.
4. To make an exhibition of; to set in view conspicuously or ostentatiously; to exhibit for the sake of publicity; to parade. Proudly displaying the insignia of their order. Prescott.
5. (Print.)
Definition: To make conspicuous by large or prominent type.
6. To discover; to descry. [Obs.] And from his seat took pleasure to display The city so adorned with towers. Chapman.
Syn.
– To exhibit; show; manifest; spread out; parade; expand; flaunt.
Dis*play", v. i.
Definition: To make a display; to act as one making a show or demonstration. Shak.
Dis*play", n.
1. An opening or unfolding; exhibition; manifestation. Having witnessed displays of his power and grace. Trench.
2. Ostentatious show; exhibition for effect; parade. He died, as erring man should die, Without display, without parade. Byron.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
29 January 2025
(noun) all of the feelings resulting from the urge to gratify sexual impulses; “he wanted a better sex life”; “the film contained no sex or violence”
The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.
