haw

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n.
An utterance used by a speaker who is fumbling for words.

intr.v., hawed, haw·ing, haws.
To fumble in speaking.

[Imitative.]


haw2 () pronunciation
n.
  1. The fruit of a hawthorn.
  2. A hawthorn or similar tree or shrub.

[Middle English, from Old English haga.]


haw3 () pronunciation
n.
  1. A nictitating membrane, especially of a domesticated animal.
  2. An inflamed condition of this membrane.

[Origin unknown.]


haw4 () pronunciation
interj.
Used to command an animal pulling a load to turn to the left.

intr.v., hawed, haw·ing, haws.
To turn to the left.


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Haw may refer to:

The fruit of several shrubs:

Places:

People:

  • Brian Haw (1949–2011), protester in London's Parliament Square
  • Haw. in botanical nomenclature stands for Adrian Hardy Haworth, an English entomologist and botanist

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Dansk (Danish)
1.
n. - blinkhinde

2.
n. - tornebær, tjørnebær

3.
n. - uartikuleret lyd (øh øhøm)
v. intr. - sige øh/øhøm, hakke og stamme i det

4.
int. - kommando til dyr om at gå til venstre
v. intr. - kommandere et venstresving til dyr

Nederlands (Dutch)
(bes van) haag-/ meidoorn, haag/heg, knipvlies (derde ooglid bij dieren), hortend spreken, keel schrapen, Ahem..!, (een paard) naar links leiden

Français (French)
1.
n. - (Zool) paupière nictitante

2.
n. - (Bot) cenelle

3.
n. - balbutiement
v. intr. - balbutier

4.
int. - ha ha (excl) (pour ordonner à un animal de tourner à gauche)
v. intr. - diriger (un troupeau, un animal)

Deutsch (German)
1.
n. - (entzündete) Nickhaut

2.
n. - Weißdorn, Mehlbeere

3.
n. - Äh, Hm
v. - herumstottern, äh machen

4.
int. - hü(st)!
v. - nach links lenken, nach links gehen

Ελληνική (Greek)
int. - μμμ! (δείχνει δισταγμό)
n. - ξερόβηχας, κόμπιασμα
v. - κομπιάζω

Italiano (Italian)
biancospino

Português (Portuguese)
int. - para a esquerda (cavalo, boi)
n. - hesitação (f) breve de um orador, espinheiro (m)
v. - hesitar buscando palavras, gaguejar

Русский (Russian)
ягода боярышника, ограда, мигательная перепонка, запинаться, невнятно бормотать, хо!, м-м-м!

Español (Spanish)
1.
n. - (anat.) membrana nictitante ubicada en el párpado inferior interno del ojo de un animal

2.
n. - espino, baya del espino

3.
n. - expresión que utiliza una persona que está buscando las palabras correctas
v. intr. - carraspeo, emitir un sonido que implica vacilación

4.
int. - interjección usada para hacer que el animal vire a la izquierda
v. intr. - virar o hacer un giro hacia la izquierda

Svenska (Swedish)
int. - hm!
n. - hagtorn (bot.), blinkhinna (zool.), hacking, bedragare
v. - hacka, säga hm

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
1. 山楂, 呃, 吆喝牲畜左转, 向左转, 支吾

2. 山楂树

3. 山楂果

4. 呃, 左转

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
1.
n. - 山楂樹

2.
int. - 呃
v. intr. - 左轉

3.
n. - 山楂, 呃, 吆喝牲畜左轉
v. intr. - 向左轉, 支吾

4.
n. - 山楂果

한국어 (Korean)
1.
n. - 셋째 눈까풀, 순막병

2.
n. - 산사나무 열매

3.
n. - 에에라고 하는 소리, 말이 막혔을 때의 소리
v. intr. - 에에라며 우물거리다, 말이 막히다

4.
int. - (동물을) 왼쪽으로 돌라고 명령하다, 이랴!
v. intr. - 왼쪽으로 돌다

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - サンザシの実

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) ثمر الزعرور البري, الزعرور البري, تلعثم أو تردد في الكلام (فعل) يتلعثم, يراوغ أو يقول كلاما يحمل معنيين, يدور إلى الجهه اليسرى‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮הממ... - הבעת היסוס‬
v. intr. - ‮ביטא צליל היסוס או עצירה בדיבור‬
n. - ‮עוזרד, פרי העוזרד‬
n. - ‮קרום מגן בפינת הריסים הנמוכים של סוס, כלב וכו'‬
int. - ‮הו! קריאה לסוס לפנות שמאלה‬
v. intr. - ‮פנה או הפנה שמאלה‬


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