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SAWLIKE

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saw

1  [saw] noun, verb, sawed, sawed or sawn, saw⋅ing.
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–noun
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.
–verb (used with object)
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.
–verb (used without object)
7. to use a saw.
8. to cut with or as if with a saw.
9. to cut as a saw does.
—Idiom
10. saw wood, Informal. to snore loudly while sleeping.
Origin:
bef. 1000; (n.) ME sawe, OE saga, *sagu; c. D zaag, ON sǫg; akin to G Säge saw, L secāre to cut (see section ), OE seax knife, sax 2 ; (v.) ME sawen, deriv. of the n.

Related forms:
sawer, noun
sawlike, adjective
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Word Origin & History

saw  (1)
"cutting tool," O.E. sagu, from P.Gmc. *sago "a cutting tool" (cf. O.E. seax "knife," O.N. sõg, Norw. sag, Dan. sav, M.Du. saghe, Du. zaag, O.H.G. saga, Ger. Säge "saw"), from PIE base *sak-/*sek- "to cut" (cf. L. secare "to cut," Rus. sech' "to cut;" see section). The verb is attested from c.1225; strong conjugation began 15c. on model of draw, etc. Sawbones "surgeon" is 1837 slang; sawdust is 1530; sawhorse recorded from 1778; sawfish first attested 1664. The personal name Sawyer is attested from c.1248 (cf. lawyer). Sawed-off "short, cut short" is attested 1887 of persons, 1898 of shotguns.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: 2saw
Pronunciation: 'so
Function: noun
: a hand or power tool used to cut hard material (as bone) and equipped usually with a toothedblade or disk
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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