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

Russo scored 12 goals in 21 Women's Super League games last season, sharing the Golden Boot with Manchester City striker Khadija Shaw.

From BBC

“Schools already require proper judicial orders before allowing immigration enforcement on campus, so these bills don’t change anything,” Shaw said.

From Los Angeles Times

England striker Alessia Russo, who shared the WSL Golden Boot with Manchester City's Khadija Shaw last season after scoring 12 goals each, says the squad have been "spurred on" by their Champions League success.

From BBC

As professors Kate Shaw and Kim Lane Scheppele have detailed, the court’s immunity opinion fundamentally misconstrues Jackson’s structure.

From Slate

“He’s not just doing it on the screen; he’s living it in his personal life and he truly puts his money where his mouth is,” Shaw says.

From Los Angeles Times