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shaw
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun shaw has 4 senses
- shaw(n = noun.person) arthur jacob arshawsky, artie shaw - United States clarinetist and leader of a swing band (1910-2004); Array is a kind of bandleader, clarinetist, clarinettist
- shaw(n = noun.person) henry wheeler shaw, josh billings - United States humorist who wrote about rural life (1818-1885); Array is a kind of humorist, humourist
- shaw(n = noun.person) anna howard shaw - United States physician and suffragist (1847-1919); Array is a kind of doc, doctor, dr., md, medico, physician, suffragist
- shaw(n = noun.person) g. b. shaw, george bernard shaw - British playwright (born in Ireland); founder of the Fabian Society (1856-1950); Array is a kind of dramatist, playwright, author, writer
Derived form adjective shavian1
CIDE DICTIONARY
shaw, n. [OE. schawe, scha, thicket, grove, AS. scaga; akin to Dan. skov, Sw. skog, Icel. sk.].
- A thicket; a small wood or grove. Burns. [1913 Webster]"Gaillard he was as goldfinch in the shaw." [1913 Webster]"The green shaws, the merry green woods." [1913 Webster]
- The leaves and tops of vegetables, as of potatoes, turnips, etc. Jamieson. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
shaw, n. esp. Brit. the stalks and leaves of potatoes, turnips, etc.
Etymology
perh. = SHOW n.
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