saw
1a 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.
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.
to use a saw.
to cut with or as if with a saw.
to cut as a saw does.
Idioms about saw
saw wood, Informal. to snore loudly while sleeping.
Origin of saw
1Other words from saw
- sawer, noun
- sawlike, adjective
Other definitions for saw (2 of 3)
simple past tense of see1.
Other definitions for saw (3 of 3)
Origin of saw
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How to use saw in a sentence
Right now, the biggest races are still toss-ups, with polls showing see-sawing leads across-the-board.
The see-sawing ambivalence neatly reflects how badly and misguidedly politicians and political parties approach women.
The developer had erected a big sign amid the sawing and hammering.
Six Months After Sandy, the Rockaway Story Continues | Michael Daly | April 29, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTDraw one of these pictures:—The women chopping prongs from the beam of the antler.Flaker sawing the prongs off the antler.
The Later Cave-Men | Katharine Elizabeth DoppI was sawing up a few more sticks from the orchard, when the express man drove up with the beds, the crockery, and so on.
The Idyl of Twin Fires | Walter Prichard Eaton
I staid a great while talking with a man in the garden that was sawing of a piece of marble, and did give him 6d.
Diary of Samuel Pepys, Complete | Samuel PepysRobinson asked him very timidly if he could spare a couple of square feet off a board he was sawing.
It Is Never Too Late to Mend | Charles ReadeThe horizontal strips A should be all fastened together when sawing the notches to fit over the uprights.
The Boy Mechanic, Book 2 | Various
British Dictionary definitions for saw (1 of 4)
/ (sɔː) /
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
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
Origin of saw
1Derived forms of saw
- sawer, noun
- sawlike, adjective
British Dictionary definitions for saw (2 of 4)
/ (sɔː) /
the past tense of see 1
British Dictionary definitions for saw (3 of 4)
/ (sɔː) /
a wise saying, maxim, or proverb
Origin of saw
3British Dictionary definitions for SAW (4 of 4)
surface acoustic wave
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Other Idioms and Phrases with saw
see old saw.
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