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shaw

1 American  
[shaw] / ʃɔ /

noun

  1. Midland U.S. a small wood or thicket.

  2. Scot. the stalks and leaves of potatoes, turnips, and other cultivated root plants.


Shaw 2 American  
[shaw] / ʃɔ /

noun

  1. Anna Howard, 1847–1919, U.S. physician, reformer, and suffragist, born in England.

  2. Artie Arthur Arshawsky, 1910–2004, U.S. clarinetist and bandleader.

  3. George Bernard, 1856–1950, Irish dramatist, critic, and novelist: Nobel Prize 1925.

  4. Henry Wheeler. Billings, Josh.

  5. Irwin, 1913–84, U.S. dramatist and author.

  6. Richard Norman, 1831–1912, English architect, born in Scotland.

  7. Thomas Edward. Lawrence, Thomas Edward.


Shaw 1 British  
/ ʃɔː /

noun

  1. Artie, original name Arthur Arshawsky. 1910–2004, US jazz clarinetist, band leader, and composer

  2. George Bernard, often known as GBS. 1856–1950, Irish dramatist and critic, in England from 1876. He was an active socialist and became a member of the Fabian Society but his major works are effective as satiric attacks rather than political tracts. These include Arms and the Man (1894), Candida (1894), Man and Superman (1903), Major Barbara (1905), Pygmalion (1913), Back to Methuselah (1921), and St Joan (1923): Nobel prize for literature 1925

  3. Richard Norman. 1831–1912, English architect

  4. Thomas Edward. the name assumed by (T. E.) Lawrence after 1927

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shaw 2 British  
/ ʃɔː /

verb

  1. to show

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noun

  1. a show

  2. the part of a potato plant that is above ground

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shaw 3 British  
/ ʃɔː /

noun

  1. archaic a small wood; thicket; copse

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Etymology

Origin of shaw

before 900; Middle English shawe, Old English sceaga, scaga; akin to shag 1

Example Sentences

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There are some elements of Carrick's management that cannot be answered this season - including how he copes with a 60-game campaign, compared to this one with its optimum preparation time, which has allowed Luke Shaw, Harry Maguire and Casemiro to play every game under him.

From BBC

Viewpoint 12, Delano Kennedy 1: Shane Anderson went three for three and Michael Shaw threw a complete game.

From Los Angeles Times

U.S. commanders waging the air war are directing the effort from Shaw Air Force Base in South Carolina, where a backup command center was built years ago to replicate the functions of the one at Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar, which is in the line of fire.

From The Wall Street Journal

Shaw have repeatedly urged the company to scale back its multibillion-dollar investment in Homes.com or divest entirely.

From Barron's

George Shaw, senior insight analyst at Kpler, said the shipment arriving this week was loaded at a refinery in the Red Sea and did not pass the Strait of Hormuz.

From BBC