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sawn
sawn S0109700 (sôn)v.A past participle of saw1.sawn (sɔːn) vb (Phonetics & Phonology) a past participle of saw1saw1 (sɔ) n., v. sawed, sawed sawn, saw•ing. n. 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. v.t. 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. v.i. 7. to use a saw. 8. to cut with or as if with a saw. Idioms: saw wood, to snore loudly while sleeping. [before 1000; Middle English sawe, Old English saga, c. Middle Low German, Middle Dutch sage (Dutch zaag), Old High German saga, Old Norse sǫg;] saw′er, n. saw2 (sɔ) v. pt. of see 1 . saw3 (sɔ) n. a maxim; proverb; saying: an old saw. [before 950; Middle English; Old English sagu; c. Old Frisian sege, Old High German, German sage, Old Norse saga (compare saga); akin to say] TranslationsEncyclopediaSeesawSAWN
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SAWN➣Self-Assembling Wireless Networks (workshop) | SAWN➣South African Writers' Network |
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