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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.] sawer n.

saw1 top to bottom: compass, backsaw, and crosscut saws

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saw ²  (sô)

n.

A familiar saying, especially one that has become trite through repetition. See Synonyms at saying.

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[Middle English sawe, from Old English sagu, speech; see sek^w-³ in Indo-European roots.]

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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]

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saw ²

Verb

the past tense of see¹

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saw ³

Noun

Old-fashioned a wise saying or proverb [Old English sagu a saying]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	saw - a condensed but memorable saying embodying some important fact of experience that is taken as true by many people adage, byword, proverb locution, 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 cutting billhook, 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) hack saw, hacksaw, metal saw - saw used with one hand for cutting metal carpenter's saw, hand saw, handsaw - a saw used with one hand for cutting wood hand tool - a tool used with workers' hands sawtooth - a serration on a saw blade tooth - something resembling the tooth of an animal lumberman's saw, two-handed saw, two-man saw, whipsaw - a saw with handles at both ends; intended for use by two people
	3.	saw - a power tool for cutting wood         power saw, sawing machine band saw, bandsaw - an endless saw consisting of a toothed metal band that is driven around two wheels chain saw, chainsaw - portable power saw; teeth linked to form an endless chain 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 fretsaw, scroll saw, jigsaw - fine-toothed power saw with a narrow blade; used to cut curved outlines power tool - a tool driven by a motor 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 sawmill - a large sawing machine 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" whipsaw - saw with a whipsaw

Translations

saw [sɔː] pt of see

n (tool) → sierra

vt [pt sawed, pp sawed or sawn] [sɔːn] → serrar;

to saw sth up → (a)serrar algo

saw [sɔː] pt of see

n (= tool) → scie f

vt [sawed , pt , sawed or sawn , pp ] [sɔːn] → scier;

to saw sth up → débiter qch à la scie

saw [sɔː] [sawed , pt , sawed or sawn , pp ] vt → sägen

n → Säge f

pt of see;

to saw sth up → etw zersägen

saw [sɔː] pt of see

n (tool) → sega

vt [pt sawed, pp sawed or sawn] [sɔːn] → segare;

to saw sth up → fare a pezzi qc con la sega

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