Saw (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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noun
  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.
verb (used with object), sawed, sawed or sawn, saw·ing.
  1. to cut or divide with a saw.
  2. to form by cutting with a saw.
  3. to make cutting motions as if using a saw: to saw the air with one's hands.
  4. to work (something) from side to side like a saw.
verb (used without object), sawed, sawed or sawn, saw·ing.
  1. to use a saw.
  2. to cut with or as if with a saw.
  3. to cut as a saw does.
Idioms
  1. to snore loudly while sleeping.
verb
  1. simple past tense of see1.
noun
  1. a sententious saying; maxim; proverb: He could muster an old saw for every occasion.
noun
  1. any of various hand tools for cutting wood, metal, etc, having a blade with teeth along one edge
  2. 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
verb saws, sawing, sawed, sawed or sawn
  1. to cut with a saw
  2. to form by sawing
  3. to cut as if wielding a saw
  4. to move (an object) from side to side as if moving a saw
verb
  1. the past tense of see 1
noun
  1. a wise saying, maxim, or proverb
abbreviation for
  1. surface acoustic wave
Saw (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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