Definitions for shaw
ʃɔshaw

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Shaw, Artie Shaw, Arthur Jacob Arshawskynoun

   United States clarinetist and leader of a swing band (1910-2004)

2. Shaw, Henry Wheeler Shaw, Josh Billingsnoun

   United States humorist who wrote about rural life (1818-1885)

3. Shaw, Anna Howard Shawnoun

   United States physician and suffragist (1847-1919)

4. Shaw, G. B. Shaw, George Bernard Shawnoun

   British playwright (born in Ireland); founder of the Fabian Society (1856-1950)

WiktionaryRate this definition:4.0 / 2 votes

1. shawnoun

   A thicket; a small wood or grove.

2. Shawnoun

   An English topographic surname for someone who lived by a small wood or copse.

3. Etymology: sceaga, scaga. Cognate with Old Norse skógr (> Danish skov).

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Shawnoun

   A thicket; a small wood. A tuft of trees near Lichfield is called Gentle shaw.

   Etymology: scua , Saxon; schawe, Dutch; skugga, Islandick.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. shaw

   The Shaw Group is a pipe and module fabrication firm specializing in induction bending. Headquartered in Houston, Texas, Shaw employs approximately 700 people across its offices and operations in North America and the Middle East.

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1. shaw

   Shaw, also spelled Shawe or Shaws, is a surname primarily of Scottish and English origin. However, in a different context, 'shaw' is a dialect term used in northern England, meaning a small grove, thicket or similar cluster of trees. In the entertainment world, "Shaw" is well-known due to the Shaw Brothers Studio, a major player in Hong Kong cinema. Additionally, Shaw Communications is a prominent Canadian telecommunications company. The term's meaning can vary widely depending on its application, from names of people, places, institutions, and art works.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:2.0 / 1 vote

1. Shawnoun

   a thicket; a small wood or grove

2. Shawnoun

   the leaves and tops of vegetables, as of potatoes, turnips, etc

3. Etymology: [OE. schawe, schae, thicket, grove, AS. scaga; akin to Dan. skov, Sw. skog, Icel. skgr.]

WikidataRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Shaw

   Shaw is a city in Bolivar and Sunflower counties, Mississippi, in the Mississippi Delta region. The name was derived from an old Indian tribe northeast of this region. The population was 2,312 at the 2000 census.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. Shaw

   shaw, n. a thicket, a small wood: (Scot.) a stem with the leaves, as of a potato. [A.S. scaga; Ice. skógr, Dan. skov.]

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1. shaw

   Song lyrics by shaw -- Explore a large variety of song lyrics performed by shaw on the Lyrics.com website.

2. SHAW

   What does SHAW stand for? -- Explore the various meanings for the SHAW acronym on the Abbreviations.com website.

Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. SHAW

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Shaw is ranked #164 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Shaw surname appeared 160,400 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 54 would have the surname Shaw.
   
   72% or 115,600 total occurrences were White.
   21.1% or 33,989 total occurrences were Black.
   2.3% or 3,785 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
   2.1% or 3,449 total occurrences were of two or more races.
   1.4% or 2,374 total occurrences were Asian.
   0.7% or 1,203 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.

Matched Categories

1. • Bandleader
   • Clarinetist
   • Humorist
   • Physician
   • Suffragist

Anagrams for shaw »

1. wash

2. Wash.

3. haws

How to pronounce shaw?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say shaw in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of shaw in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of shaw in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of shaw in a Sentence

1. Stephen Breyer:

   (CNN anchor) Bernard Shaw -- we saw him on television -- said, 'They're going to nominate Judge Breyer.' Then I heard nothing for three hours, they're saying this on television, but no one's told me.

2. Buddy DeFranco:

   Artie Shaw was way ahead of most clarinetists and most jazz players.

3. White House:

   This morning, the President had a call with James Shaw Jr. to commend his heroic actions and quick thinking last month at a Waffle House in Tennessee, mr. Shaw saved lives when he wrestled a gun from an active shooter who had open fired.

4. Vin Diesel:

   It was a tough character to embody, the Hobbs Shaw character, my approach at the time was a lot of tough love to assist in getting that performance where it needed to be. As a producer to say, Okay, we're going to take Dwayne Johnson, who's associated with wrestling, and we're going to force this cinematic world, audience members, to regard Dwayne Johnson character as someone that they don't know -- Hobbs Shaw hits you like a ton of bricks.

5. Dwyane Wade:

   When I sit down with my kids and I sit down and talk to them about role models and who I want them to look up to, I tell them to go look up James Shaw Jr..

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=shaw
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Shaw
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=shaw
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shaw
5. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shaw
7. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=shaw
8. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=shaw
9. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
   https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html