English Explanatory Dictionary

shaw

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A thicket; a small wood or grove.
  2. The leaves and tops of vegetables, especially potatoes and turnips.
intj
  1. A kind of battle cry or warning.
  2. Censored spelling of shit.
name
  1. An English topographic surname for someone who lived by a small wood or copse.
  2. A placename
  3. A place in England, United Kingdom:
  4. A village in Shaw cum Donnington parish and Newbury parish, West Berkshire district, Berkshire (OS red ref SU4868).
  5. A town in Shaw and Crompton parish, Oldham borough, Greater Manchester (OS grid ref SD9308).
  6. A hamlet in Oxenhope parish, City of Bradford, West Yorkshire (OS grid ref SE0234).
  7. A village in Melksham Without parish, Wiltshire (OS grid ref ST8865).
  8. A suburb and ward in west Swindon, Wiltshire (OS grid ref SU1185).
  9. A place in the United States:
  10. An unincorporated community in Neosho County, Kansas, United States.
  11. A small city in Bolivar County and Sunflower County, Mississippi, United States.
  12. A neighbourhood of Washington, D.C., United States.

Pronunciation

/ʃɔː/ /ʃɔ/ /ʃɑ/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-shaw.wav

Word forms

shaw shaws shawe

Etymology

From Old English sċeaga, scaga. Cognate with Old Norse skógr (“forest, wood”), whence Danish skov (“forest”). Doublet of scaw.

Derived words

Bradshaw fernshaw Grimshaw Kershaw Robertshaw Shaw Shaw Bridge Shawbridge Shaw alphabet Shaw and Crompton Shaw Cross Shaw cum Donnington Shawism Shaw Mayer's astrapia Shaw's agave Shawswick
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