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saw¹

top to bottom: compass saw, backsaw, and crosscut saw

saw¹

(sô)

Any of various tools, either hand-operated or power-driven, having a thin metal blade or disk with a sharp, usually toothed edge, used for cutting wood, metal, or other hard materials.

v. sawed, sawed or sawn (sôn), saw·ing, saws

v.tr.

1. To cut or divide with a saw.

2. To produce or shape with a saw: sawed a hole in the board.

3. To make back-and-forth motions through or on: a speaker who saws the air with his arms.

v.intr.

1. To use a saw: sawing along the chalk line.

2. To undergo cutting with a saw: Pine wood saws easily.

[Middle English sawe, from Old English sagu, saw; see sek- in Indo-European roots.]

saw′er n.

saw²

(sô)

A familiar saying, especially one that has become trite through repetition. See Synonyms at saying.

[Middle English sawe, from Old English sagu, speech; see sek^w- in Indo-European roots.]

saw³

(sô)

Past tense of see¹.

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saw

(sɔː)

1. (Tools) any of various hand tools for cutting wood, metal, etc, having a blade with teeth along one edge

2. (Tools) 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 or sawn

3. (Tools) to cut with a saw

4. (Tools) to form by sawing

5. to cut as if wielding a saw: to saw the air.

6. to move (an object) from side to side as if moving a saw

[Old English sagu; related to Old Norse sog, Old High German saga, Latin secāre to cut, secūris axe]

ˈsawer n

ˈsawˌlike adj

saw

(sɔː)

the past tense of see¹

saw

(sɔː)

a wise saying, maxim, or proverb

[Old English sagu a saying; related to saga]

SAW

abbreviation for

(Electronics) surface acoustic wave

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saw¹

(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]

saw

Past participle: sawn
Gerund: sawing

Imperative
saw
saw

Present
I saw
you saw
he/she/it saws
we saw
you saw
they saw

Preterite
I sawed
you sawed
he/she/it sawed
we sawed
you sawed
they sawed

Present Continuous
I am sawing
you are sawing
he/she/it is sawing
we are sawing
you are sawing
they are sawing

Present Perfect
I have sawn
you have sawn
he/she/it has sawn
we have sawn
you have sawn
they have sawn

Past Continuous
I was sawing
you were sawing
he/she/it was sawing
we were sawing
you were sawing
they were sawing

Past Perfect
I had sawn
you had sawn
he/she/it had sawn
we had sawn
you had sawn
they had sawn

Future
I will saw
you will saw
he/she/it will saw
we will saw
you will saw
they will saw

Future Perfect
I will have sawn
you will have sawn
he/she/it will have sawn
we will have sawn
you will have sawn
they will have sawn

Future Continuous
I will be sawing
you will be sawing
he/she/it will be sawing
we will be sawing
you will be sawing
they will be sawing

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been sawing
you have been sawing
he/she/it has been sawing
we have been sawing
you have been sawing
they have been sawing

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been sawing
you will have been sawing
he/she/it will have been sawing
we will have been sawing
you will have been sawing
they will have been sawing

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been sawing
you had been sawing
he/she/it had been sawing
we had been sawing
you had been sawing
they had been sawing

Conditional
I would saw
you would saw
he/she/it would saw
we would saw
you would saw
they would saw

Past Conditional
I would have sawn
you would have sawn
he/she/it would have sawn
we would have sawn
you would have sawn
they would have sawn

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Noun	1.	saw - a condensed but memorable saying embodying some important fact of experience that is taken as true by many people adage, byword, proverb locution, saying, expression - a word or phrase that particular people use in particular situations; "pardon the expression"
	2.	saw - hand tool having a toothed blade for cutting billhook, bill - a long-handled saw with a curved blade; "he used a bill to prune branches off of the tree" bucksaw - a saw that is set in a frame in the shape of an H; used with both hands to cut wood that is held in a sawbuck crown saw - a saw having teeth around the edge of a hollow cylinder folding saw - a saw with a toothed blade that folds into a handle (the way a pocketknife folds) hack saw, hacksaw, metal saw - saw used with one hand for cutting metal carpenter's saw, hand saw, handsaw - a saw used with one hand for cutting wood hand tool - a tool used with workers' hands sawtooth - a serration on a saw blade tooth - something resembling the tooth of an animal lumberman's saw, two-handed saw, two-man saw, whipsaw - a saw with handles at both ends; intended for use by two people
	3.	saw - a power tool for cutting wood power saw, sawing machine band saw, bandsaw - an endless saw consisting of a toothed metal band that is driven around two wheels chain saw, chainsaw - portable power saw; teeth linked to form an endless chain buzz saw, circular saw - a power saw that has a steel disk with cutting teeth on the periphery; rotates on a spindle gangsaw - a power saw that has several parallel blades making simultaneous cuts fretsaw, scroll saw, jigsaw - fine-toothed power saw with a narrow blade; used to cut curved outlines power tool - a tool driven by a motor jigsaw, reciprocating saw, saber saw - a portable power saw with a reciprocating blade; can be used with a variety of blades depending on the application and kind of cut; generally have a plate that rides on the surface that is being cut sawmill - a large sawing machine tooth - something resembling the tooth of an animal
Verb	1.	saw - cut with a saw; "saw wood for the fireplace" cut - separate with or as if with an instrument; "Cut the rope" whipsaw - saw with a whipsaw

saw

noun

A usually pithy and familiar statement expressing an observation or principle generally accepted as wise or true:

adage, aphorism, byword, maxim, motto, proverb, saying.

Translations

مِنْشارمِنْشَار يَنْشُر

pilařezat

savsave

Säge sägen Sprichwort Spruch

πριόνι

sierra serrar aserrar proverbio

sahasahata

scie scier proverbe

pila

fűrészfűrészel

sagasög

sega segare adagio pass. di to see

のこぎり

톱

serraserrare

zāģētzāģis

píliťrozpíliť

žagažagati

sågsåga

เลื่อย

testeretestere ile kesmek

cưa

鋸锯锯子

saw

¹ [sɔː] (sawed (vb: pt) (sawed or sawn (pp)))

A. N (= tool) → sierra f

B. VT → serrar

C. VI to saw through → cortar con (una) sierra

D. CPD saw edge N → filo m dentado or de sierra

saw away

A. VT + ADV → quitar con la sierra

B. VI + ADV she was sawing away at the violin → iba rascando el violín

saw off VT + ADV → cortar con la sierra

saw up VT + ADV → cortar con la sierra

saw

³ [sɔː] N (= saying) → refrán m, dicho m

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saw

[ˈsɔː]

pt of see

n (= tool) → scie f

vt [sawed] [ˈsɔːd] (pt) [sawed or sawn] (pp) → scier
He sawed the branch in half → Il a scié la branche en deux.

saw up

vt sep → débiter à la scie

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saw

saw blade

n → Sägeblatt nt

sawbones

n (dated sl) → Medizinmann m (inf)

sawbuck

n (US) → Sägebock m; (sl: = banknote) → Zehndollarschein m

sawdust

n → Sägemehl nt

sawfish

n → Sägefisch m

sawhorse

n → Sägebock m

sawmill

n → Sägewerk nt

saw

n → Spruch m, → Weisheit f

saw

³ vb: pret <sawed>, ptp <sawed or sawn>

n → Säge f; musical saw → Singende Säge

(lit) → sägen; to saw something through → etw durchsägen; to saw something in two → etw entzweisägen; saw the wood into smaller logs → zersägen Sie das Holz in kleinere Scheite; sawn timber (esp Brit) → Schnittholz nt

he/his arms sawed the air → er schlug wild um sich, er fuchtelte mit den Armen (durch die Luft)

(person, saw) → sägen; (wood) → sich sägen lassen

to saw away at the violin → auf der Geige herumsägen; to saw (away) at the meat → am Fleisch herumsäbeln (inf)

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saw

¹ [sɔː] (sawed (vb: pt) (sawed or sawn (pp)))

1. n (tool) → sega

2. vt → segare
to saw sth up → fare a pezzi qc con la sega
to saw sth off → segare via qc

3. vi to saw through → segare

saw²

(soː) noun

a tool for cutting, having a toothed edge. He used a saw to cut through the branch.

verb – past tense sawed: past participles sawn, ~sawed –

to cut with a saw. He sawed the log in two.

ˈsawdust noun

a dust of tiny fragments of wood, made by sawing.

ˈsawmill noun

a place in which wood is mechanically sawn.

adjective

a sawmill worker.

saw

→ مِنْشَار pila sav Säge πριόνι sierra saha scie pila sega のこぎり 톱 zaag sag piła serra пила såg เลื่อย testere cưa 锯子

saw

pret de see

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Then he saw that some living creature moved inside and ran along the floor towards him and said something, which made him so frightened that he sprang back from the door and shut it again.

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"George, you don't really believe that you saw somebody in the summer-house?

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`Far away up the desolate slope I heard a harsh scream, and saw a thing like a huge white butterfly go slanting and flittering up into the sky and, circling, disappear over some low hillocks beyond.

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