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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.
saw′er n.
saw 2
(sô)n.
A familiar saying, especially one that has become trite through repetition. See Synonyms at saying.
saw 3
(sô)v.
Past tense of see1.
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saw
(sɔː)n
1. (Tools) any of various hand tools for cutting wood, metal, etc, having a blade with teeth along one edge
2. (Tools) 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
vb, saws, sawing, sawed, sawed or sawn
3. (Tools) to cut with a saw
4. (Tools) to form by sawing
5. to cut as if wielding a saw: to saw the air.
6. to move (an object) from side to side as if moving a saw
[Old English sagu; related to Old Norse sog, Old High German saga, Latin secāre to cut, secūris axe]
ˈsawer n
ˈsawˌlike adj
saw
(sɔː)vb
the past tense of see1
saw
(sɔː)n
a wise saying, maxim, or proverb
[Old English sagu a saying; related to saga]
SAW
abbreviation for
(Electronics) surface acoustic wave
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saw1
(sɔ)n., v. sawed, sawed sawn, saw•ing. n.
1. a tool or device for cutting, typically a thin blade of metal with a series of sharp teeth.
2. any similar tool or device, as a rotating disk, in which a sharp continuous edge replaces the teeth.
v.t. 3. to cut or divide with a saw.
4. to form by cutting with a saw.
5. to make cutting motions as if using a saw: to saw the air with one's hands.
6. to work (something) from side to side like a saw.
v.i. 7. to use a saw.
8. to cut with or as if with a saw.
Idioms: saw wood, to snore loudly while sleeping.
[before 1000; Middle English sawe, Old English saga, c. Middle Low German, Middle Dutch sage (Dutch zaag), Old High German saga, Old Norse sǫg;]
saw′er, n.
saw2
(sɔ)v.
pt. of see 1 .
saw3
(sɔ)n.
a maxim; proverb; saying: an old saw.
[before 950; Middle English; Old English sagu; c. Old Frisian sege, Old High German, German sage, Old Norse saga (compare saga); akin to say]
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saw
Past participle: sawn
Gerund: sawing
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| Noun | 1. | saw - a condensed but memorable saying embodying some important fact of experience that is taken as true by many people 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) 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 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 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 |
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saw
nounThe American Heritage® Roget's Thesaurus. Copyright © 2013, 2014 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
Translations
pilařezat
savsave
sahasahata
pila
fűrészfűrészel
sagasög
のこぎり
톱
serraserrare
zāģētzāģis
píliťrozpíliť
žagažagati
sågsåga
เลื่อย
testeretestere ile kesmek
cưa
saw
1 [sɔː] (sawed (vb: pt) (sawed or sawn (pp)))A. N (= tool) → sierra f
B. VT → serrar
saw away
saw
3 [sɔː] N (= saying) → refrán m, dicho mCollins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
saw
:saw blade
n → Sägeblatt nt
sawbones
n (dated sl) → Medizinmann m (inf)
sawbuck
sawdust
n → Sägemehl nt
sawfish
n → Sägefisch m
sawhorse
n → Sägebock m
sawmill
n → Sägewerk nt
saw
2saw
3 vb: pret <sawed>, ptp <sawed or sawn>Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
saw2
(soː) noun a tool for cutting, having a toothed edge. He used a saw to cut through the branch.
verb – past tense sawed: past participles sawn, ~sawed – to cut with a saw. He sawed the log in two.
ˈsawdust noun a dust of tiny fragments of wood, made by sawing.
ˈsawmill noun a place in which wood is mechanically sawn.
adjectivea sawmill worker.
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.
saw
→ مِنْشَار pila sav Säge πριόνι sierra saha scie pila sega のこぎり 톱 zaag sag piła serra пила såg เลื่อย testere cưa 锯子Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009
saw
pret de seeEnglish-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.