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• shaw
  shaw

  noun

  a small wood or thicket.
• Shaw
  Shaw

  noun

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

shaw

¹ American  

[shaw] / ʃɔ /

noun

• shaws
  plural

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

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

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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.

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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

shaw ³ British  

/ ʃɔː /

noun

1. archaic a small wood; thicket; copse

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• shaws
  plural

Etymology

Origin of shaw

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

Example Sentences

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“You can see why luke shaw got a call from his old gaffer.”

From The Guardian ● Sep. 17, 2015

Shaquille O'Neal, who played for the Cavs last season, posted on Twitter: "I think brian shaw should get interviewed for that cleveland cavaliers job, he's really good."

From Washington Post ● Jun. 7, 2010

The ballad of the old type no longer grew naturally and freshly by edge of copse and shaw.

From The Balladists Famous Scots Series by John Geddie

The valley was as full o’ forges and fineries as a May shaw o’ cuckoos.

From Puck of Pook’s Hill by Arthur Rackham

They lock'd the bower, they lit the torch,85 'Twas hurry-scurry a', While merrily ay the lovers gay Rode roundly to the shaw.

From English and Scottish Ballads, Volume IV by Various

There has been some criticism of United's transfer approach, with the lack of a left-back to compete with Luke Shaw and no striking support for Benjamin Sesko two areas highlighted.

From BBC ● Sep. 5, 2026

Sunstone Metals’s double dose of good news helps to entrench Shaw & Partners’s bullish view of its stock.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026

Created by Ben Kronengold and Rebecca Shaw, the series follows five 20-something housemates in Queens as they navigate the pleasures and perils of early adulthood.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 31, 2026

Julio Ensico: Held off Shaw and Mbeumo on length-of-field run but no reward as effort lacked power.

From BBC ● Aug. 30, 2026

“No, we can’t rejuvenate. But I’m very glad,” Dr. Shaw had concluded, “to have had this opportunity to see an example of senility in a human being. Thank you so much for calling me in.”

From "Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley

Said Roger: "Did they not tell thee of a hermit new come to these shaws?"

From The Well at the World's End: a tale by William Morris

When shaws beene sheene and shrads full fayre, And leaves both large and longe, Itt is merrye walking in the faire forrest, To hear the small birdes songe.

From The Knight of the Golden Melice A Historical Romance by John Turvill Adams

But if you was to say there was more things after dark in the shaws than men, or fur, or feather, or fin, I dunno as I’d go farabout to call you a liar.

From Puck of Pook’s Hill by Arthur Rackham

He raised his master in his arms,   And set him on his knee; And Robin's eyes beheld the skies,   The shaws, the greenwood tree.

From A Little Book of Western Verse by Eugene Field

Strip the belly off ’e, an’, bone for bone, a lean man like me shaws as fair as you.

From Children of the Mist by Eden Phillpotts