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saw
1[saw]
noun
a tool or device for cutting, typically a thin blade of metal with a series of sharp teeth.
any similar tool or device, as a rotating disk, in which a sharp continuous edge replaces the teeth.
verb (used with object)
to cut or divide with a saw.
to 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.
verb (used without object)
to use a saw.
to cut with or as if with a saw.
to cut as a saw does.
saw
2[saw]
verb
simple past tense of see.
saw
1/ ɔː /
noun
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
verb
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
SAW
2abbreviation
surface acoustic wave
saw
3/ ɔː /
verb
the past tense of see 1
saw
4/ ɔː /
noun
a wise saying, maxim, or proverb
Other 51Թ Forms
- sawer noun
- sawlike adjective
- ˈɱ noun
- ˈˌ adjective
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of saw1
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of saw1
Origin of saw2
Example Sentences
An Israeli fusillade around noon Sunday and in the afternoon saw four areas in Tehran targeted, including major commercial thoroughfares, according to state media.
Sir Richard and Mr Burns added that they saw the rise of China as the main intelligence and geopolitical challenge of the century.
A mammoth fourth game saw seven deuces and Maria saving two break points for 3-1, before a brilliant scamper to a drop shot in the next allowed her to go a double break up.
Incensed by what he saw as the government’s failure to fulfill its promise to arrest and deport immigrants in the country illegally, he “eviscerated everyone,” according to one official who spoke to the Washington Examiner.
Sabrina Medina, 28, was cleaning her patio Wednesday night when she saw a silver minivan slow down in front of her home in Huntington Park.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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