"shaw" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ʃɔː/ [UK], /ʃɔ/ [US], /ʃɑ/ [cot-caught-merger] Forms: shaws [plural]
Rhymes: -ɔː Etymology: From Old English sċeaga, scaga. Cognate with Old Norse skógr (“forest, wood”), whence Danish skov (“forest”). Doublet of scaw. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|ang|sceaga|sċeaga}} Old English sċeaga, {{m|ang|scaga}} scaga, {{cog|non|skógr||forest, wood}} Old Norse skógr (“forest, wood”), {{cog|da|skov||forest}} Danish skov (“forest”), {{doublet|en|scaw}} Doublet of scaw Head templates: {{en-noun}} shaw (plural shaws)
  1. (dated, dialectal) A thicket; a small wood or grove. Tags: dated, dialectal Translations (small wood): bosquet [masculine] (French), Dickicht [neuter] (German)
    Sense id: en-shaw-en-noun-9CyItPlH Disambiguation of 'small wood': 83 7 9 0
  2. 1936, Alfred Edward Housman, More Poems, V, lines 1-2: Categories (lifeform): Vegetables
    Sense id: en-shaw-en-noun-i93TsRqA Disambiguation of Vegetables: 3 32 32 33 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Old English links with redundant target parameters Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 6 37 37 20 Disambiguation of Old English links with redundant target parameters: 8 37 37 19
  3. 1936, Alfred Edward Housman, More Poems, V, lines 1-2: Categories (lifeform): Vegetables
    Sense id: en-shaw-en-noun-LrPJYdWE Disambiguation of Vegetables: 3 32 32 33 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Old English links with redundant target parameters Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 6 37 37 20 Disambiguation of Old English links with redundant target parameters: 8 37 37 19
  4. (Scotland) The leaves and tops of vegetables, especially potatoes and turnips. Tags: Scotland Categories (lifeform): Vegetables Translations (the leaves and tops of vegetables, as of potatoes, turnips, etc.): blast [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-shaw-en-noun-ZdokHEvZ Disambiguation of Vegetables: 3 32 32 33 Categories (other): Scottish English, English entries with incorrect language header, Old English links with redundant target parameters Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 6 37 37 20 Disambiguation of Old English links with redundant target parameters: 8 37 37 19 Disambiguation of 'the leaves and tops of vegetables, as of potatoes, turnips, etc.': 1 13 15 71
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: shawe (13th–17th centuries)

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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