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shaw
UK /ʃɔː/ US /ʃɔ/
name 5noun 2intj 2
Collocations
2ADJ.
beside, quiet
We found a quiet shaw where we could rest during our afternoon walk.
SHAW + NOUN
group, hungarian, summer
The Shaw Group won the contract to build the new hospital facility.
Definitions
noun
1
A thicket; a small wood or grove.
All this herd sire Lamorak / and on the morne sir lamorak took his hors and rode vnto the forest / and there he mette with two knyghtes houynge vnder the wood shawe
Thenne said sire kay I requyre you lete vs preue this aduenture / I shal not fayle you said sir Gaherys / and soo they rode that tyme tyl a lake / that was that tyme called the peryllous lake / And there they abode vnder the shawe of the wood
2
The leaves and tops of vegetables, especially potatoes and turnips.
Up here the hills were brave with the beauty and the heat of it, but the hayfield was still all a crackling dryness and in the potato park beyond the biggings the shaws drooped red and rusty already.
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 placename
4
A placename
5
A placename
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Example Bank
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All this herd sire Lamorak / and on the morne sir lamorak took his hors and rode vnto the forest / and there he mette with two knyghtes houynge vnder the wood shawe
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Thenne said sire kay I requyre you lete vs preue this aduenture / I shal not fayle you said sir Gaherys / and soo they rode that tyme tyl a lake / that was that tyme called the peryllous lake / And th
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The snows are fled away, leaves on the shaws, / And grasses in the mead renew their birth,
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George Bernard Shaw studied Hungarian for years.
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After graduating, Johnson plans to intern at D.E. Shaw Group this summer as a hybrid quantitative researcher.
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The cottage was nestled beside a quiet shaw.
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