Definition of haws Haws
/hɔˈz/ - [hoz] -
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Wiktionary 
- haws (Noun)
Plural of haw.
Part of speech
🔤WordNet
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| haw - the nictitating membrane of a horse | ||
| haw - a spring-flowering shrub or small tree of the genus Crataegus | ||
| hawthorn | ||
| shrub, bush a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems | ||
| crataegus, genus crataegus thorny shrubs and small trees: hawthorn; thorn; thorn apple | ||
| crataegus apiifolia, crataegus marshallii, parsley-leaved thorn, parsley haw southern United States hawthorn with pinnately lobed leaves | ||
| crataegus biltmoreana, scarlet haw common shrub or small tree of the eastern United States having few thorns and white flowers in corymbs followed by bright orange-red berries | ||
| crataegus calpodendron, crataegus tomentosa, pear haw, pear hawthorn, blackthorn erect and almost thornless American hawthorn with somewhat pear-shaped berries | ||
| cockspur hawthorn, cockspur thorn, crataegus crus-galli eastern United States hawthorn with long straight thorns | ||
| crataegus aestivalis, mayhaw, summer haw hawthorn of southern United States bearing a juicy, acidic, scarlet fruit that is often used in jellies or preserves | ||
| crataegus laevigata, crataegus oxycantha, whitethorn, english hawthorn, may thorny Eurasian shrub of small tree having dense clusters of white to scarlet flowers followed by deep red berries; established as an escape in eastern North America | ||
| crataegus monogyna, english hawthorn European hawthorn having deeply cleft leaves and bright red fruits; widely cultivated in many varieties and often grown as impenetrable hedges; established as an escape in eastern North America | ||
| crataegus coccinea mollis, crataegus mollis, downy haw, red haw American red-fruited hawthorn with stems and leaves densely covered with short woolly hairs | ||
| crataegus oxyacantha, evergreen thorn evergreen hawthorn of southeastern Europe | ||
Verb |
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| haw - utter `haw'; "he hemmed and hawed" | ||
| let loose, emit, let out, utter expel (gases or odors) | ||
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Wiktionary
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- haw (n.)
A hedge; an inclosed garden or yard. - haw (n.)
The fruit of the hawthorn. - haw (n.)
The third eyelid, or nictitating membrane. See Nictitating membrane, under Nictitate. - haw (n.)
An intermission or hesitation of speech, with a sound somewhat like haw! also, the sound so made. - haw (v. i.)
To stop, in speaking, with a sound like haw; to speak with interruption and hesitation. - haw (v. i.)
To turn to the near side, or toward the driver; -- said of cattle or a team: a word used by teamsters in guiding their teams, and most frequently in the imperative. See Gee. - haw (v. t.)
To cause to turn, as a team, to the near side, or toward the driver; as, to haw a team of oxen.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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haw
haw, n. a hedge or enclosure: a field: the berry of the hawthorn.—ns. Haw′-buck, a clown; Haw′finch, the common grosbeak; Haw′thorn, a shrub or small tree, much planted both for hedges and for ornament: the white flower of the hawthorn. [A.S. haga, a yard or enclosure; Dut. haag, a hedge, Ger. hag, a hedge, Ice. hagi, a field.] -
haw
haw, v.i. to speak with hesitation or a drawling manner, real or affected—hence adj. Haw-haw, in an affected tone of voice.—n. a hesitation in speech: loud vulgar laughter.—v.i. to guffaw, to laugh boisterously. [Imit.] -
haw
haw, n. the nictitating membrane or third eyelid, as of a horse; also a disease of this membrane
