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单词 saw
释义

saw

1 of 4

past tense of see

saw

2 of 4

noun (1)

ˈsȯ How to pronounce saw (audio)
: a hand or power tool or a machine used to cut hard material (such as wood, metal, or bone) and equipped usually with a toothed blade or disk
sawlike
ˈsȯ-ˌlīk How to pronounce saw (audio)
adjective

saw

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verb

sawed ˈsȯd How to pronounce saw (audio) ; sawed or sawn ˈsȯn How to pronounce saw (audio) ; sawing ˈsȯ(-)iŋ How to pronounce saw (audio)

transitive verb

1
: to cut with a saw
2
: to produce or form by cutting with a saw
3
: to slash as though with a saw

intransitive verb

1
a
: to use a saw
b
: to cut with or as if with a saw
2
: to undergo cutting with a saw
3
: to make motions as though using a saw
sawed at the reins
sawer
ˈsȯ(-ə)r How to pronounce saw (audio)
noun

saw

4 of 4

noun

: maxim, proverb

Synonyms

Noun

  • adage
  • aphorism
  • apothegm
  • byword
  • epigram
  • maxim
  • proverb
  • saying
  • sententia
  • word
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Example Sentences

Verb He sawed the boards in half. This blade is too dull for sawing.

Word History

Etymology

Noun (1)

Middle English sagh, sawe, going back to Old English sagu (strong feminine noun), going back to Germanic *sagō (whence also Middle Dutch sage "saw," Old High German saga, Old Icelandic sǫg) beside *segō (whence Middle Dutch sege "saw," Old High German sega), noun derivatives from a dialectal Indo-European verbal base *sek- "cut," whence also Middle Irish tescaid "(s/he) cuts, severs" (regularized from a presumed verb doˑesc, perhaps from *to-eks-sk-), Latin secō, secāre "to cut, sever, make an incision," Old Church Slavic sěkǫ, sěšti "to cut down, fell, hew," Bosnian-Croatian-Serbian sijèčēm, sjȅći "to cut, chop, hew"

Note: The base *sek- is peculiar to northwest (or European) Indo-European, being attested in Celtic, Italic, Germanic, and Slavic; *sek- is perhaps ultimately the same base as *skeh2-, *skh2- "cut open, flay"; see etymology and note at science.

Verb

Middle English sawen, derivative of sawe saw entry 2

Noun

Middle English sawe, from Old English sagu discourse; akin to Old High German & Old Norse saga tale, Old English secgan to say — more at say entry 1

First Known Use

Noun (1)

before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above

Verb

13th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1

Noun

before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above

Kids Definition

saw 1 of 4

past tense of see

saw

2 of 4

noun

ˈsȯ How to pronounce saw (audio)
: a tool or machine with a blade having sharp teeth that is used for cutting hard material (as wood or metal)

saw

3 of 4

verb

sawed; sawed or sawn
ˈsȯn
; sawing
: to cut or shape with a saw

saw

4 of 4

noun

: a common saying : proverb

Medical Definition

saw 1 of 2

past of see

saw

2 of 2

noun

ˈsȯ How to pronounce saw (audio)
: a hand or power tool used to cut hard material (as bone) and equipped usually with a toothed blade or disk

saw 1 of 2

noun

as in saying
an often stated observation regarding something from common experience it's an old saw that a red sunset presages fair skies the next day

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • saying
  • word
  • proverb
  • motto
  • maxim
  • adage
  • epigram
  • aphorism
  • expression
  • remark
  • byword
  • apothegm
  • commonplace
  • truth
  • cliche
  • comment
  • sententia
  • cliché
  • reflection
  • bromide
  • formula
  • axiom
  • note
  • precept
  • truism
  • felicity
  • wheeze
  • platitude

saw

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verb

past tense of see
1
as in noticed
to make note of (something) through the use of one's eyes out of the corner of my eye I saw the deer run into the woods

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • noticed
  • spotted
  • eyed
  • remarked
  • regarded
  • noted
  • viewed
  • watched
  • witnessed
  • spied
  • observed
  • beheld
  • espied
  • sighted
  • discerned
  • caught
  • perceived
  • descried
  • identified
  • considered
  • distinguished
  • glimpsed
  • looked (at)
  • marked
  • scanned
  • got a load of
  • surveyed
  • examined
  • studied
  • set eyes on
  • laid eyes on
  • picked out
  • heeded
  • inspected
  • scrutinized
  • made out
  • minded
  • picked up
  • attended (to)
  • glanced (at)
  • peered (at)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • ignored
  • missed
  • neglected
  • disregarded
  • overlooked
  • overpassed
  • passed over
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2
as in experienced
to come to a knowledge of (something) by living through it a writer who saw World War II through the eyes of a common soldier

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • experienced
  • had
  • knew
  • underwent
  • felt
  • witnessed
  • endured
  • suffered
  • encountered
  • tasted
  • received
  • sustained
  • passed
  • met
  • went through
  • accepted
  • digested
  • assimilated
3
as in realized
to come to an awareness of I bought the best seller just to see what all the fuss was about

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • realized
  • discovered
  • heard
  • learned
  • found
  • ascertained
  • found out
  • spotted
  • detected
  • espied
  • encountered
  • got on (to)
  • descried
  • got wind of
  • caught on (to)
  • noted
  • perceived
  • figured out
  • discerned
  • observed
  • wised (up)
  • divined
  • calculated
  • tumbled (to)
  • hit (on or upon)
  • puzzled (out)
  • doped (out)
  • minded

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • missed
  • ignored
  • overlooked
  • disregarded
  • forgot
  • covered
  • hid
  • concealed
  • screened
  • masked
  • veiled
  • blanketed
  • cloaked
  • shrouded
  • blotted out
  • unlearned
  • curtained
  • enshrouded
  • occulted
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as in sensed
to have a vague awareness of I see a certain sadness in his letters to his relatives back home

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • sensed
  • noticed
  • felt
  • heard
  • smelled
  • perceived
  • realized
  • tasted
  • smelt
  • expected
  • noted
  • discovered
  • remarked
  • witnessed
  • spied
  • anticipated
  • beheld
  • viewed
  • espied
  • learned
  • observed
  • sighted
  • discerned
  • scented
  • suspected
  • ascertained
  • eyed
  • guessed
  • descried
  • surmised
  • foresaw
  • assumed
  • speculated
  • regarded
  • presumed
  • distinguished
  • divined
  • found out
  • supposed
  • conjectured
  • looked (at)
  • foreknew
  • caught on (to)
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as in visited
to make a social call upon you should go and see Father at the hospital this afternoon

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • visited
  • called (on or upon)
  • looked up
  • dropped in (on)
  • dropped by
  • sought (out)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • ignored
  • snubbed
  • brushed (aside or off)
  • cold-shouldered
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as in knew
to have a clear idea of I see your point

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • knew
  • understood
  • recognized
  • deciphered
  • realized
  • comprehended
  • grasped
  • got
  • appreciated
  • sensed
  • discerned
  • beheld
  • perceived
  • made
  • conceived
  • apprehended
  • dug
  • seized
  • caught
  • intuited
  • registered
  • twigged
  • grokked
  • made out
  • decoded
  • cognized
  • assimilated
  • savvied
  • compassed
  • picked up on
  • caught on (to)
  • fathomed
  • absorbed
  • digested
  • tumbled (to)
  • cottoned (to or on to)
  • penetrated
  • took in
  • pierced

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • missed
  • misread
  • mistook
  • misunderstood
  • misinterpreted
  • misconstrued
  • misconceived
  • misperceived
  • misapprehended
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as in accompanied
to go along with in order to provide assistance, protection, or companionship thanks for coming, and I'll see you to the door

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • accompanied
  • escorted
  • attended
  • brought
  • walked
  • convoyed
  • squired
  • companioned
  • chaperoned
  • companied
  • followed
  • guided
  • defended
  • ushered
  • protected
  • led
  • steered
  • guarded
  • tailed
  • consorted
  • associated
  • shadowed
  • piloted
  • tagged
  • conducted
  • tagged along
  • teamed (up)
  • palled (around)
  • hung (around)
  • hovered (over)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • dumped
  • deserted
  • abandoned
  • ditched
  • forsook
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as in envisioned
to form a mental picture of I can't see that spoiled brat as a soldier at all

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • envisioned
  • imagined
  • dreamed
  • pictured
  • featured
  • visualized
  • fancied
  • envisaged
  • visioned
  • dreamt
  • fantasized
  • conceived
  • contemplated
  • fantasied
  • planned
  • reflected
  • imaged
  • recreated
  • conceited
  • pondered
  • daydreamed
  • mused
  • hallucinated
  • ideated
  • relived
  • foresaw
  • reminisced
  • projected
  • ruminated
  • invented
  • stargazed
  • concocted
  • meditated
  • prefigured
  • conjured (up)
  • re-created
  • manufactured
  • made up
  • fabricated
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