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saw

1[saw] noun, verb, sawed, sawed or sawn, saw⋅ing.
–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.
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.


sawer, noun
sawlike, adjective
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Word Origin & History

saw  (2)
"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).
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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