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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. ShawArtie19102004MUSMUSIC: jazz clarinettistMUSIC: bandleaderMUSIC: composer Artie, original name Arthur Arshawsky. 1910–2004, US jazz clarinetist, band leader, and composer
  2. ShawGeorge Bernard18561950MIrishTHEATRE: dramatistWRITING: criticPOLITICS: socialist 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. ShawRichard Norman18311912MEnglishARCHITECTURE: architect Richard Norman. 1831–1912, English architect
  4. ShawThomas Edward Thomas Edward. the name assumed by (T. E.) Lawrence after 1927
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

shaw

2

/ ʃɔː /

noun

  1. archaic.
    a small wood; thicket; copse
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

shaw

3

/ ʃɔː /

verb

  1. to show
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. a show
  2. the part of a potato plant that is above ground
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of shaw1

before 900; Middle English shawe, Old English sceaga, scaga; akin to shag 1
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of shaw1

Old English sceaga; related to Old Norse skagi tip, skaga to jut out, ō forest, skegg beard
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“The Trump administration’s directive is a critical step in reigning in the excessive politicization of our schools,” Shaw said.

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Chino Valley Unified School District board president Sonja Shaw said she supported the thrust of the memo.

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According to political scientists John Sides, Daron Shaw, and Matt Grossman in Campaigns and Elections, in local races, “a better-funded candidate can totally eclipse a relatively impoverished opponent,” and that just isn’t what happened here.

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The court heard Ballas moved her mother to a different address and increased her security as Shaw made continued unwanted attempts to contact her.

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Shaw, from Whetstone Lane, Birkenhead, has been sentenced to 20 months in jail, suspended for 20 months.

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