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saw 1 (sô)n. Any of various tools, either hand-operated or power-driven, having a thin metal blade or disk with a sharp, usually toothed edge, used for cutting wood, metal, or other hard materials. v. sawed, sawed or sawn (sôn), saw·ing, saws v.tr.1. To cut or divide with a saw. 2. To produce or shape with a saw: sawed a hole in the board. 3. To make back-and-forth motions through or on: a speaker who saws the air with his arms. v.intr.1. To use a saw: sawing along the chalk line. 2. To undergo cutting with a saw: Pine wood saws easily.
[Middle English sawe, from Old English sagu; see sek- in Indo-European roots.]
saw er n. | saw1 top to bottom: compass, backsaw, and crosscut saws |
saw 2 (sô)n. A familiar saying, especially one that has become trite through repetition. See Synonyms at saying.
[Middle English sawe, from Old English sagu, speech; see sekw-3 in Indo-European roots.] |
saw 1 Noun a cutting tool with a toothed metal blade or edge, either operated by hand or powered by electricity Verb [sawing, sawed; sawed] or sawn 1. to cut with or as if with a saw 2. to form by sawing 3. to move (an object) from side to side as if moving a saw [Old English sagu] saw 2 Verb saw 3 Noun Old-fashioned a wise saying or proverb [Old English sagu a saying]
ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms | Noun | 1. | saw - a condensed but memorable saying embodying some important fact of experience that is taken as true by many peoplelocution, saying, expression - a word or phrase that particular people use in particular situations; "pardon the expression" | | 2. | saw - hand tool having a toothed blade for cuttingbillhook, bill - a long-handled saw with a curved blade; "he used a bill to prune branches off of the tree" bucksaw - a saw that is set in a frame in the shape of an H; used with both hands to cut wood that is held in a sawbuck crown saw - a saw having teeth around the edge of a hollow cylinder folding saw - a saw with a toothed blade that folds into a handle (the way a pocketknife folds) tooth - something resembling the tooth of an animal | | 3. | saw - a power tool for cutting wood band saw, bandsaw - an endless saw consisting of a toothed metal band that is driven around two wheels buzz saw, circular saw - a power saw that has a steel disk with cutting teeth on the periphery; rotates on a spindle gangsaw - a power saw that has several parallel blades making simultaneous cuts jigsaw, reciprocating saw, saber saw - a portable power saw with a reciprocating blade; can be used with a variety of blades depending on the application and kind of cut; generally have a plate that rides on the surface that is being cut tooth - something resembling the tooth of an animal | | Verb | 1. | saw - cut with a saw; "saw wood for the fireplace"cut - separate with or as if with an instrument; "Cut the rope" |
Translationssaw [sɔː] pt of seevt [ pt sawed, pp sawed or sawn] [sɔːn] → serrar; saw [sɔː] pt of seevt [ sawed , pt , sawed or sawn , pp ] [sɔːn] → scier; saw [sɔː] [ sawed , pt , sawed or sawn , pp ] vt → sägento saw sth up → etw zersägen saw [sɔː] pt of seevt [ pt sawed, pp sawed or sawn] [sɔːn] → segare; saw see
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