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SHAW

\ʃˈɔː], \ʃˈɔː], \ʃ_ˈɔː]\

Definitions of SHAW

2006 - WordNet 3.0
2011 - English Dictionary Database
2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language

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United States physician and suffragist (1847-1919)
United States humorist who wrote about rural life (1818-1885)
United States clarinetist and leader of a swing band (born in 1910)

2006 - WordNet 3.0
By Princeton University

United States physician and suffragist (1847-1919)
United States humorist who wrote about rural life (1818-1885)

2011 - English Dictionary Database
By DataStellar Co., Ltd

The leaves and tops of vegetables, as of potatoes, turnips, etc.

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
By Oddity Software

The leaves and tops of vegetables, as of potatoes, turnips, etc.

1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
By Noah Webster.

A thicket; a small wood; a shady place; "This grene shaw."-Chaucer; "Close hid beneath the greenwood shaw."-Fairfax: a stem with the leaves, as of a potato, turnip, etc.
To show.

1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
By Daniel Lyons

A small wood or grove.

1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
By Nuttall, P.Austin.

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