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

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats