Associations to the word «Shaw»

Wiktionary

SHAW, noun. (dated) A thicket; a small wood or grove.
SHAW, noun. (Scotland) The leaves and tops of vegetables, especially potatoes and turnips.
SHAW, proper noun. An English topographic surname for someone who lived by a small wood or copse.

Dictionary definition

SHAW, noun. United States clarinetist and leader of a swing band (1910-2004).
SHAW, noun. United States humorist who wrote about rural life (1818-1885).
SHAW, noun. United States physician and suffragist (1847-1919).
SHAW, noun. British playwright (born in Ireland); founder of the Fabian Society (1856-1950).

Wise words

The most important things are the hardest things to say. They are the things you get ashamed of because words diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem timeless when they are in your head to no more than living size when they are brought out.
Stephen King