'Displaying' definitions:
Definition of 'Displaying'
From: GCIDE
- Display \Dis*play"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Displayed; p. pr. & vb. n. Displaying.] [OE. displaien, desplaien, OF. despleier, desploier, F. d['e]ployer; 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. [1913 Webster]
- The northern wind his wings did broad display. --Spenser. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Mil.) To extend the front of (a column), bringing it into line. --Farrow. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To spread before the view; to show; to exhibit to the sight, or to the mind; to make manifest. [1913 Webster]
- His statement . . . displays very clearly the actual condition of the army. --Burke. [1913 Webster]
- 4. To make an exhibition of; to set in view conspicuously or ostentatiously; to exhibit for the sake of publicity; to parade. [1913 Webster]
- Proudly displaying the insignia of their order. --Prescott. [1913 Webster]
- 5. (Print.) To make conspicuous by large or prominent type. [1913 Webster]
- 6. To discover; to descry. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- And from his seat took pleasure to display The city so adorned with towers. --Chapman.
- 7. (Computers) To output (results or data) in a visible manner on the screen of a monitor, CRT, or other device. [PJC]
- Syn: To exhibit; show; manifest; spread out; parade; expand; flaunt. [1913 Webster]
Words containing 'Displaying'
- Display,
- Displayed,
- Displayer,
- alphanumeric display,
- computer display,
- digital display,
- display adapter,
- display adaptor,
- display board,
- display case,
- display device,
- display panel,
- display window,
- displaying incompetence,
- video display,
- dual scan display,
- flat panel display,
- liquid crystal display,
- passive matrix display,
- visual display unit,
- machine-displayable text