shaw
1 Americannoun
-
Midland U.S. a small wood or thicket.
-
Scot. the stalks and leaves of potatoes, turnips, and other cultivated root plants.
noun
-
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.
noun
-
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
verb
noun
-
a show
-
the part of a potato plant that is above ground
noun
Etymology
Origin of shaw
before 900; Middle English shawe, Old English sceaga, scaga; akin to shag 1
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
Shaw made nine of 11 shots, had four assists, three blocks and five steals while finishing with 20 points.
From Los Angeles Times
Shaw Group accused CoStar’s board of refusing to address “the company’s reckless spending of shareholder capital and significant and longstanding underperformance.”
From Barron's
Shaw Group accused CoStar’s board of refusing to address “the company’s reckless spending of shareholder capital and significant and longstanding underperformance.”
From Barron's
She likes to champion new music — her 2024 album, “Dalia’s Mixtape,” featured works by Anna Meredith, Caroline Shaw and other contemporary composers.
From Los Angeles Times
That interpretation will simplify employers’ decisions, said Noah Finkel, an employment attorney with law firm Seyfarth Shaw.
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
