saw - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'saw' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Saw

- imp. of See.

2 . Saw

[ imp.]

- of See

3 . Saw

[ n.]

- An instrument for cutting or dividing substances, as wood, iron, etc., consisting of a thin blade, or plate, of steel, with a series of sharp teeth on the edge, which remove successive portions of the material by cutting and tearing.

4 . Saw

[ v. i.]

- To use a saw; to practice sawing; as, a man saws well.
- To cut, as a saw; as, the saw or mill saws fast.
- To be cut with a saw; as, the timber saws smoothly.

5 . Saw

[ v. t.]

- Something said; speech; discourse.
- A saying; a proverb; a maxim.
- Dictate; command; decree.
- To cut with a saw; to separate with a saw; as, to saw timber or marble.
- To form by cutting with a saw; as, to saw boards or planks, that is, to saw logs or timber into boards or planks; to saw shingles; to saw out a panel.
- Also used figuratively; as, to saw the air.

Meaning of 'saw' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . saw

[ v]

Meaning (1):
- cut with a saw

Example in sentence:

saw wood for the fireplace

Nearby Words:

saw palmetto saw-set saw-toothed saw-whet saw-wort saw-wrest sawarra nut sawbelly sawbill sawbones

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