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

Full-back Kerstin Casparij played more advanced against Arsenal and Khadija Shaw received the ball in the middle, where she is most damaging.

From BBC

Douglas Irwin Shaw, 41, was named as the suspect in her killing and arrested.

From Los Angeles Times

Shaw allegedly told detectives that he was responsible for the crime and booked into the Solano County Jail on suspicion of murder, according to the release.

From Los Angeles Times

He said his players had worked on Brentford's likely gameplan - flooding the midfield to create overloads and playing long balls into the forward positions, particularly behind the wide central defenders Luke Shaw and Matthijs de Ligt - but, when it came to the execution, they were found wanting.

From BBC

On the other flank, we saw clever movement from Reijnders on to Luke Shaw that prevented him from leaving the back five.

From BBC