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showd

/ ʃaʊd /

verb

  1. intr to rock or sway to and fro
  2. tr to rock (a baby in one's arms or in a pram)
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


noun

  1. a rocking motion
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of showd1

from Old English scūdan to shake
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Example Sentences

I had to put a reef in crinny line, cos it showd, and it tuk ma's pach-wurk quilt to mak my bussel big enuf for stile.

I have seen thee in her, and I do adore thee: My mistress showd me thee, and thy dog, and thy bush.

I was showd up to the visters gallary, so as I culd get a good vue of the fite wot was goin on tween the grangers and coalers.

I was in de war wid my marster, an' he showd good blood to de Yankees.

Whereupon Caliban says: I have seen thee in her and I do adore thee: my mistress showd me thee, and thy dog and thy bush.

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