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saw
1[ saw ]
noun
- a tool or device for cutting, typically a thin blade of metal with a series of sharp teeth.
- any similar tool or device, as a rotating disk, in which a sharp continuous edge replaces the teeth.
verb (used with object)
- to cut or divide with a saw.
- to form by cutting with a saw.
- to make cutting motions as if using a saw:
to saw the air with one's hands.
- to work (something) from side to side like a saw.
verb (used without object)
- to use a saw.
- to cut with or as if with a saw.
- to cut as a saw does.
saw
2[ saw ]
verb
- simple past tense of see 1.
SAW
1abbreviation for
- surface acoustic wave
saw
2/ ²õÉ”Ë /
noun
- any of various hand tools for cutting wood, metal, etc, having a blade with teeth along one edge
- any of various machines or devices for cutting by use of a toothed blade, such as a power-driven circular toothed wheel or toothed band of metal
verb
- to cut with a saw
- to form by sawing
- to cut as if wielding a saw
to saw the air
- to move (an object) from side to side as if moving a saw
saw
3/ ²õÉ”Ë /
verb
- the past tense of see 1
saw
4/ ²õÉ”Ë /
noun
- a wise saying, maxim, or proverb
Derived Forms
- ˈ²õ²¹·É±ð°ù, noun
- ˈ²õ²¹·ÉËŒ±ô¾±°ì±ð, adjective
Other 51³Ô¹Ï Forms
- ²õ²¹·Éİù noun
- ²õ²¹·Él¾±°ì±ð adjective
51³Ô¹Ï History and Origins
Origin of saw1
51³Ô¹Ï History and Origins
Origin of saw1
Origin of saw2
Idioms and Phrases
- saw wood, Informal. to snore loudly while sleeping.
More idioms and phrases containing saw
see old saw .Example Sentences
Weather you watch in person or on TV, you’ll be able to tell your kids that you saw it happen!
Areas the plant inhabits saw plenty of flames in recent months to awaken the sleeping dog in swaths of Southern California.
One local holiday let owner said he saw Robbie driving a tractor with her co-star - although the agricultural vehicles were not invented until the late 19th Century.
“Since becoming Sheriff, violent crime has fallen every year in the areas patrolled by LASD, and 2024 saw the fewest number of homicides in the past five years,†he said.
"When Philip was dying, Elizabeth went to visit him in hospital in Florida and the nurse on the ward said she nearly fell over when she saw who the visitor was," said Angela.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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