saw² /sö/

Any of numerous cutting tools with a toothed blade, hand-operated or power-driven, used esp for cutting wood

1. To cut with, or as with, or as, a saw
2. To play harshly or crudely (as a violinist)

1. To use a saw
2. To make to and fro movements, as if with a saw

sawed adjective

sawˈer noun (rare)

sawˈing noun and adjective

sawˈlike adjective

sawn adjective

sawˈyer noun

1. A person who makes a living by sawing timber
2. A stranded tree that bobs in a river (N American)

sawˈbill noun

1. A merganser
2. A motmot
3. Any of various hummingbirds with serrated bills

sawˈblade noun

sawˈbones singular noun (slang)

A surgeon or doctor

sawˈbuck noun (N American)

1. A sawhorse
2. A ten-dollar bill (slang)

saw doctor noun

A person who sharpens sawblades

sawˈdust noun

Dust or small particles of wood, etc detached in sawing

transitive verb

To sprinkle with sawdust

sawˈdusty adjective

sawˈ-edge noun

sawˈ-edged adjective

Serrated

sawˈfish noun

A sharklike ray (genus Pristis) with a long, flattened, serrated jaw

sawˈfly noun

A hymenopterous insect of various kinds with a sawlike ovipositor

saw frame noun

The frame in which a saw is set

saw gate or saw kerf noun

The gap made by a saw

sawˈgrass noun

A sedge (Cladium jamaicense) with serrated leaves, growing in coastal areas of SE USA

sawˈhorse noun

1. A trestle for supporting wood that is being sawn
2. A straight-line diagram showing the three-dimensional structure of a molecule

sawˈmill noun

A factory in which timber is cut into planks, etc

sawnˈ-off adjective

1. (also sawedˈ-off) shortened by cutting with a saw
2. Short in stature (informal)

noun

A sawn-off shotgun

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