saw
noun
1. a condensed but memorable saying embodying some important fact of experience that is taken as true by many people
Similar word(s): adage, byword, proverb
Definition categories: communication, expression, locution, saying
2. hand tool having a toothed blade for cutting
Definition categories: man–made
3. a power tool for cutting wood
Definition categories: man–made
verb
1. cut with a saw
- saw wood for the fireplace
Definition categories: contact, cut
Sentences with saw as a verb:
- 1611, Bible (Authorized, or King James, Version), Hebrews 11:37They were stoned, they were sawn asunder, were tempted, were slain with the sword: they wandered about in sheepskins and goatskins; being destitute, afflicted, tormented;
- The fiddler sawed away at his instrument.
- The timber saws smoothly.
- to saw boards or planks (i.e. to saw logs or timber into boards or planks)
- to saw shingles; to saw out a panel