English Online Dictionary. What means shaw? What does shaw mean?
English
Alternative forms
- shawe (13th–17th centuries)
Etymology
From Old English sċeaga, scaga. Cognate with Old Norse skógr (“forest, wood”), whence Danish skov (“forest”). Doublet of scaw.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ʃɔː/
- (US) IPA(key): /ʃɔ/
- (cot–caught merger) IPA(key): /ʃɑ/
- Rhymes: -ɔː
- Homophones: Shaw; sure, shore (Received Pronunciation, pour–poor merger); shah (US, cot–caught merger, father-bother merger)
Noun
shaw (plural shaws)
- (dated, dialectal) A thicket; a small wood or grove.
- (Scotland) The leaves and tops of vegetables, especially potatoes and turnips.
- Coordinate terms: straw, stover, trash
Translations
Anagrams
- -wash, Haws, WASH, Wahs, Wash, Wash., haws, shwa, wahs, wash
Scots
Etymology
From Middle English schewen, schawen, scheawen, from Old English scēawian, from Proto-Germanic *skawwōną, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewh₁-.
Noun
shaw (plural shaws)
- A show.
Verb
shaw (third-person singular simple present shaws, present participle shawin, simple past shawt, past participle shawt)
- To show.