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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024saw1 /sɔ/USA pronunciation n., v., sawed, sawed or sawn, saw•ing. n. [countable] - Buildinga tool for cutting, usually a thin blade of metal with sharp teeth.
v. - Buildingto cut with a saw: [no object]My arms are tired; I've been sawing all day.[~ + object]He's been sawing tree branches all day.
Idioms- Idioms saw wood, to snore loudly while sleeping.
saw2 /sɔ/USA pronunciation v. - pt. of see1.
saw3 /sɔ/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- a saying;
maxim;
proverb:the old saw about "feeding a cold and starving a fever.''
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024saw1 (sô),USA pronunciation n., v., sawed, sawed or sawn, saw•ing. n. - Buildinga tool or device for cutting, typically a thin blade of metal with a series of sharp teeth.
- Buildingany similar tool or device, as a rotating disk, in which a sharp continuous edge replaces the teeth.
v.t. - Buildingto cut or divide with a saw.
- Buildingto 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.
v.i. - Buildingto use a saw.
- to cut with or as if with a saw.
- to cut as a saw does.
- saw wood, [Informal.]to snore loudly while sleeping.
- bef. 1000; (noun, nominal) Middle English sawe, Old English saga, *sagu; cognate with Dutch zaag, Old Norse sǫg; akin to German Säge saw, Latin secāre to cut (see section), Old English seax knife, sax2; (verb, verbal) Middle English sawen, derivative of the noun, nominal
- pt. of see 1.
saw3 (sô),USA pronunciation n. - a sententious saying;
maxim;
proverb:He could muster an old saw for every occasion.
- bef. 950; Middle English; Old English sagu; cognate with German Sage, Old Norse saga saga; akin to say1
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: saw /sɔː/ n - 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
vb (saws, sawing, sawed, sawed, sawn)- 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
Etymology: Old English sagu; related to Old Norse sog, Old High German saga, Latin secāre to cut, secūris axeˈsawer n ˈsawˌlike adj saw /sɔː/ vb - the past tense of see1
saw /sɔː/ n - a wise saying, maxim, or proverb
Etymology: Old English sagu a saying; related to saga |