shaw
Midland U.S. a small wood or thicket.
Scot. the stalks and leaves of potatoes, turnips, and other cultivated root plants.
Origin of shaw
1Other definitions for Shaw (2 of 2)
Anna Howard, 1847–1919, U.S. physician, reformer, and suffragist, born in England.
Artie Arthur Arshawsky, 1910–2004, U.S. clarinetist and bandleader.
George Bernard, 1856–1950, Irish dramatist, critic, and novelist: Nobel Prize 1925.
Henry Wheeler. Billings, Josh.
Irwin, 1913–84, U.S. dramatist and author.
Richard Norman, 1831–1912, English architect, born in Scotland.
Thomas Edward. Lawrence, Thomas Edward.
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British Dictionary definitions for shaw (1 of 3)
/ (ʃɔː) /
archaic, or dialect a small wood; thicket; copse
Origin of shaw
1British Dictionary definitions for shaw (2 of 3)
/ (ʃɔː) Scot /
to show
a show
the part of a potato plant that is above ground
British Dictionary definitions for Shaw (3 of 3)
/ (ʃɔː) /
Artie, original name Arthur Arshawsky. 1910–2004, US jazz clarinetist, band leader, and composer
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
Richard Norman. 1831–1912, English architect
Thomas Edward. the name assumed by (T. E.) Lawrence after 1927
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