Definition of: display

(dis·plā′) v.t.
1. To show; make apparent to the eye or the mind.
2. To show off; exhibit ostentatiously.
3. To unfold; unfurl, as a flag or sail.
4. In printing, to give special prominence to, as by size, style, or spacing of type. See synonyms under FLAUNT.
—noun
1. The act of spreading out, unfolding, exhibiting, or bringing to the view or to the mind.
2. Ostentatious show.
3. Printing A style of type calculated to attract attention.
4. The matter so displayed. See synonyms under OSTENTATION, SPECTACLE. [<OF despleier <LL displicare. Doublet of DEPLOY.]