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noun

a 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.

verb (used with object)

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.

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verb (used without object)

to use a saw.

to cut with or as if with a saw.

to cut as a saw does.

Idioms

10.

saw wood, Informal. to snore loudly while sleeping.

Origin:
before 1000; (noun) Middle English sawe, Old English saga, *sagu; cognate with Dutch zaag, Old Norse sǫg; akin to German Säge saw, Latin secāre to cut (see section), Old English seax knife, sax²; (v.) Middle English sawen, derivative of the noun

Related forms

saw·er, noun

saw·like, adjective

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saw¹ (sɔː)

—n
1.	any of various hand tools for cutting wood, metal, etc, having a blade with teeth along one edge
2.	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, sawn
3.	to cut with a saw
4.	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]

'sawer¹

—n

'sawlike¹

—*adj*

saw² (sɔː)

—vb
	the past tense of see

saw³ (sɔː)

—n
	a wise saying, maxim, or proverb

[Old English sagu a saying; related to saga]

SAW

—*abbreviation for*
	surface acoustic wave

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Word Origin & History

saw

"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 early 13c.; strong conjugation began 15c. on model of draw, etc. Sawbones "surgeon" is 1837 slang; sawdust is 1520s; sawhorse recorded from 1778; sawfish first attested 1660s. The personal name Sawyer is attested from mid-13c. (cf. lawyer). Sawed-off "short, cut short" is attested 1887 of persons, 1898 of shotguns.

saw

"proverb," O.E. sagu "saying, discourse, speech," from P.Gmc. *saga-, *sagon- (cf. M.L.G., M.Du. sage, zage, Ger. sage "legend, fable, saga, myth, tradition," O.N. saga "story, tale, saga") from the root of O.E. secgan "say" (see say).

Slang Dictionary

see definition

tv.
to equal someone's bet in poker. : I see your five and raise you ten.

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"It would be as wise to set up an accomplished lawyer to saw wood as a business as to condemn an educated and sensible woman to spend all her time boiling potatoes and patching old garments. Yet this is the lot of many a one who incessantly stitches and boils and bakes, compelled to thrust back out of sight the aspirations which fill her soul."

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