Standard Lemma guide
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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intj
A kind of battle cry or warning.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: slang
Topics: lifestyle
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intj
Censored spelling of shit.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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name
An English topographic surname for someone who lived by a small wood or copse.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
A placename
A place in England, United Kingdom:
A village in Shaw cum Donnington parish and Newbury parish, West Berkshire district, Berkshire (OS red ref SU4868).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
A placename
A place in England, United Kingdom:
A town in Shaw and Crompton parish, Oldham borough, Greater Manchester (OS grid ref SD9308).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
A placename
A place in England, United Kingdom:
A hamlet in Oxenhope parish, City of Bradford, West Yorkshire (OS grid ref SE0234).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
A placename
A place in England, United Kingdom:
A village in Melksham Without parish, Wiltshire (OS grid ref ST8865).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
A placename
A place in England, United Kingdom:
A suburb and ward in west Swindon, Wiltshire (OS grid ref SU1185).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
A placename
A place in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Neosho County, Kansas, United States.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
A placename
A place in the United States:
A small city in Bolivar County and Sunflower County, Mississippi, United States.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
A placename
A place in the United States:
A neighbourhood of Washington, D.C., United States.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
A placename
A place in the United States:
A neighbourhood of St. Louis, Missouri.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
A thicket; a small wood or grove.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: dated, dialectal
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noun
The leaves and tops of vegetables, especially potatoes and turnips.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Scotland
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noun
British playwright (born in Ireland); founder of the Fabian Society (1856-1950)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: G. B. Shaw, George Bernard Shaw
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: dramatist, playwright, writer, author
noun
United States physician and suffragist (1847-1919)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: Anna Howard Shaw
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: doctor, doc, physician, MD, Dr., medico, suffragist
noun
United States humorist who wrote about rural life (1818-1885)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: Henry Wheeler Shaw, Josh Billings
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: humorist, humourist
noun
United States clarinetist and leader of a swing band (1910-2004)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: Artie Shaw, Arthur Jacob Arshawsky
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: bandleader, clarinetist, clarinettist
History
From an onomatopoeic/gibberishlike origin from Hollow Knight and its character Hornet while fighting her, and occasionally she plays one of multiple voice clips.
From shaw.
From Old English sċeaga, scaga. Cognate with Old Norse skógr (“forest, wood”), whence Danish skov (“forest”). Doublet of scaw.
Across languages
3 source translations are retained for this English entry.
