shaw

¹

[shaw]

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

[shaw]

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

/ 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

shaw

²

/ ʃɔː /

verb

1. to show

noun

1. a show

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

shaw

³

/ ʃɔː /

noun

1. archaic,  a small wood; thicket; copse

Word History and Origins

Origin of Shaw¹

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of Shaw¹

Old English sceaga; related to Old Norse skagi tip, skaga to jut out, skōgr forest, skegg beard

Example Sentences

"There really is no substitute for being able to see, touch and feel real anatomy," said Dr Hannah Shaw, who leads the anatomy education team.

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But Dr Shaw feels the real thing provides the best education for students like Freya Gillson.

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Which is not to say that Wembley is never vibrant for England - think back to the Euros in 2021, and what it sounded like when Germany were beaten, or the explosion of noise when Luke Shaw opened the scoring in the final.

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Many employers have “reached a tipping point,” said Dawn Solowey, a partner at law firm Seyfarth Shaw, who noted that corporate bosses now want to “lower the temperature.”

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Icing the area interferes with this natural response, Shaw says, reducing blood flow to the affected area and slowing the healing process.

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