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Definition of 'saw'Etymology 1
From (etyl) sawe, from (etyl) saga, .
Noun
( en-noun)
A tool with a toothed blade used for cutting hard substances, in particular wood or metal
A musical saw.
A sawtooth wave.
Derived terms
* backsaw
* band saw, bandsaw
* buzz saw
* chainsaw
* chop saw
* circular saw
* coping saw
* crosscut saw
* fretsaw
( rel-mid3)
* hacksaw
* handsaw
* hole saw
* Japanese-style handsaw
* jigsaw
* miter saw, mitre saw
* power saw
* razor-tooth saw
* reciprocating saw
( rel-mid3)
* rift saw
* rip saw
* sawbones
* sawhorse
* sawtooth
* scroll saw
* table saw
* tenon saw
( rel-bottom)
Verb
To cut (something) with a saw.
To make a motion back and forth similar to cutting something with a saw.
- The fiddler sawed away at his instrument.
To be cut with a saw.
- The timber saws smoothly.
To form or produce (something) by cutting with a saw.
- to saw boards or planks (i.e. to saw logs or timber into boards or planks)
- to saw''' shingles; to '''saw out a panel
Related terms
* saw wood
Etymology 2
From (etyl) sawe, from (etyl) sagu, . More at (l), (l).
Noun
( en-noun)
(label) Something spoken; speech, discourse.
*, Bk.V:
*:And for thy trew sawys , and I may lyve many wynters, there was never no knyght better rewardid.
(often old saw ) A saying or proverb.
(label) Opinion, idea, belief; by thy ~, in your opinion; commune ~, common opinion; common knowledge; on no ~, by no means.
*Polychronicon Ranulphi Higden
*:Þe more comoun sawe is þat Remus was i-slawe for he leep ouer þe newe walles of Rome.
(label) Proposal, suggestion; possibility.
*Earl of Toulouse
*:All they assentyd to the sawe ; They thoght he spake reson and lawe.
(label) Dictate; command; decree.
*Spenser
*:[Love] rules the creatures by his powerful saw .
Synonyms
* See also
Etymology 3
See see . Cognate with Dutch zag, German sah, Danish .
Verb
(head)
(see)
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