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verb | noun | verb sawsaw1 /sɔ/ verb VERB TABLEsaw |
Present | I, you, we, they | saw | | he, she, it | saws | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | sawed | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have sawn, sawed | | he, she, it | has sawn, sawed | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had sawn, sawed | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will saw | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have sawn, sawed |
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Present | I | am sawing | | he, she, it | is sawing | | you, we, they | are sawing | Past | I, he, she, it | was sawing | | you, we, they | were sawing | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been sawing | | he, she, it | has been sawing | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been sawing | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be sawing | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been sawing |
the past tense of see verb | noun | verb sawsaw2 ●●○ noun [countable] ETYMOLOGYsaw2Origin: Old English sagu ► old saw that old saw about being careful what you wish for 1 a tool that has a flat metal blade with an edge that has been cut into a series of “V” shapes, used for cutting wood2a well-known wise statement SYN proverb: that old saw about being careful what you wish for [Origin: Old English sagu] verb | noun | verb sawsaw3 ●●○ verb (past tense sawed, past participle sawed or sawn /sɔn/) [intransitive, transitive] VERB TABLEsaw |
Present | I, you, we, they | saw | | he, she, it | saws | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | sawed | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have sawn, sawed | | he, she, it | has sawn, sawed | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had sawn, sawed | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will saw | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have sawn, sawed |
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Present | I | am sawing | | he, she, it | is sawing | | you, we, they | are sawing | Past | I, he, she, it | was sawing | | you, we, they | were sawing | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been sawing | | he, she, it | has been sawing | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been sawing | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be sawing | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been sawing |
to cut something using a saw: saw through The prisoners sawed through the bars in their cell.saw at something phrasal verb to try to cut something with a repeated backward and forward movement: Dad sawed at the steak.saw something ↔ off phrasal verb to remove something by cutting it off with a saw: We sawed off the dead branches. |