noun.
In printing, the art of selecting and arranging types of unequal size, as in a title-page or advertisement, so as to make certain parts emphatic and the whole likely to attract attention.
noun.
An opening, unfolding, or disclosing; a spreading of anything to the view, commonly with the sense of ostentation or a striving for effect; show; exhibition: as, a great display of banners; a display of jewelry.
noun.
Synonyms Show, Parade, etc. See ostentation.
To unfold; lay open; spread out; expand; disclose, as in curving or dissecting a body.
To show; expose to the view; exhibit to the eyes; especially, to show ostentatiously; parade flauntingly.
To exhibit to the mind; make manifest or apparent; bring into notice: as, to display one's ignorance or folly.
To discover; descry.
In printing, to make conspicuous or attractive; give special prominence to, as particular words or lines, by the use of larger type, wider space, etc.
To lay anything open, as in carving or dissecting.
To make a show or display.
To make a great show of words; talk demonstratively.