saw
IPA: sˈɔ
noun
- A tool with a toothed blade used for cutting hard substances, in particular wood or metal.
- Such a tool with an abrasive coating instead of teeth.
- A musical saw.
- A sawtooth wave.
- (whist) The situation where two partners agree to trump a suit alternately, playing that suit to each other for the express purpose.
- (obsolete) Something spoken; speech, discourse.
- (archaic) A saying or proverb.
- (obsolete) Opinion, idea, belief.
- (obsolete) Proposal, suggestion; possibility.
- (obsolete) Dictate; command; decree.
- (military, US) A squad automatic weapon or section automatic weapon, a kind of light machine gun.
- A surname.
- (slang, African-American Vernacular) A Bahamian.
- (physics) Initialism of surface acoustic wave.
verb
- (transitive) To cut (something) with a saw.
- (intransitive) To make a motion back and forth similar to cutting something with a saw.
- (intransitive) To be cut with a saw.
- (transitive) To form or produce (something) by cutting with a saw.
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Examples of "saw" in Sentences
- I saw the garrote.
- What is this saw used for
- The soilders saw it as thievery.
- The timber was shredded with a saw.
- Everyone in the town saw the thunderbolt.
- A buck saw is also a form of the crosscut saw.
- The first miter saw ever made was the manual miter saw.
- A miter saw is a woodworking tool that uses a toothed blade.
- Crosscut saws are used with a variety of other small hand tools.
- A crosscut saw is a saw that is specially designed for making crosscuts.
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