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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024shaw (shô),USA pronunciation n. - Dialect Terms[Midland U.S.]a small wood or thicket.
- Scottish Termsthe stalks and leaves of potatoes, turnips, and other cultivated root plants.
- bef. 900; Middle English shawe, Old English sceaga, scaga; akin to shag1
- Biographical Artie (Arthur Arshawsky), born 1910, U.S. clarinetist and bandleader.
- Biographical George Bernard, 1856–1950, Irish dramatist, critic, and novelist: Nobel prize 1925.
- Biographical Henry Wheeler. See Billings, Josh.
- Biographical Irwin, 1913–84, U.S. dramatist and author.
- Biographical Richard Norman, 1831–1912, English architect, born in Scotland.
- Biographical Thomas Edward. See Lawrence, Thomas Edward.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: shaw /ʃɔː/ n - archaic or dialect a small wood; thicket; copse
Etymology: Old English sceaga; related to Old Norse skagi tip, skaga to jut out, skōgr forest, skegg beard shaw /ʃɔː/ Scot vb - to show
n - a show
- the part of a potato plant that is above ground
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: Shaw /ʃɔː/ n - 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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