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
According to Mack, he nearly killed her, broke 18 of her bones and, “sawed much of my hair off with [a] dull knife.”
The MMA Fighters Have Gone Crazy: ‘Mayhem’ Miller the Latest in a Long Line of Psycho Pugilists | Robert Silverman | October 10, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTA few feet from where we sit is the sawed-off stump of a third willow.
Two feet from the sawed-off stump of a third willow is the small foot-pump carousel Ray was sitting on when he shot himself.
In a matter of weeks, Putin has sawed the Crimea off Ukraine and glued it into the Russian Federation.
Obama’s Nuclear Summit Aimed to Stop Terrorists. Now Putin’s the Issue. | Christopher Dickey, Jamie Dettmer, Nadette De Visser | March 25, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTHe was the point man in the promotion when Evel Knievel swore he'd soar across Snake River Canyon in a sawed-off rocket ship.
The Stacks: Harold Conrad Was Many Things, But He Was Never, Ever Dull | Mark Jacobson | March 8, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
Scattergood fairly licked his lips as he thought of the millions upon millions of feet of spruce to be sawed into lumber.
Scattergood Baines | Clarence Budington KellandHe himself went to one of his neighbors, and asked him if he had any timber of any kind already sawed at Squire Murdock's mill.
Mike Marble | Uncle FrankThat afternoon I went back to my orchard, got out my shiny and sharp new double-edged pruning saw, and sawed till both arms ached.
The Idyl of Twin Fires | Walter Prichard EatonI sawed under limbs and over limbs, right-handed and left-handed, standing on my feet and on my head.
The Idyl of Twin Fires | Walter Prichard EatonI sawed off the upper four feet carefully, and stowed the remainder back in the loft.
The Idyl of Twin Fires | Walter Prichard Eaton
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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