noun
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A tool with a toothed blade used for cutting hard substances, in particular wood or metal
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A musical saw.
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A sawtooth wave.
verb
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To cut (something) with a saw.
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They were stoned, they were sawn asunder, were tempted, were slain with the sword: they wandered about in sheepskins and goatskins; being destitute, afflicted, tormented;
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To make a motion back and forth similar to cutting something with a saw.
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The fiddler sawed away at his instrument.
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To be cut with a saw.
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The timber saws smoothly.
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To form or produce (something) by cutting with a saw.
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to saw boards or planks (i.e. to saw logs or timber into boards or planks)
Examples of saw in a Sentence
I saw his picture on your refrigerator.
The wolf saw him.
It seems like years since I saw you last.
She finished her breakfast with little conversation and saw Sarah and Tammy off to church.
I saw something red up there in the rocks.
When he saw her, he dropped to her side, deep concern in his eyes.
Far away, at the other side of the field, King Richard saw his men falling back.
And we saw a baby howse too!
From the corner of her eye, she saw Yancey look sharply at Len.
He looked eagerly around, but saw only a squirrel frisking among the trees and a rabbit hopping across the road.
She saw something last year.
His remark about how she looked in the swimsuit made it obvious that he saw her as something more than a baby sitter or maid.
But when they looked, they saw that his seat was vacant.
The agony she saw in his eyes made her stomach roll.
She glanced around the room again and did a double take when she saw the man in a dark brown suit.
The first time I saw him act was while at school in New York.
I saw a very large bell at Wellesley.
He saw that Cyrus had a will of his own, and this pleased him very much.
I never saw such strength and endurance in a child.
On reaching the vestibule Natasha saw a tall figure in a fur coat unwinding his scarf.
On the way across the open water, they saw several dolphins.
I don't know how the ranch ever saw a spring without your sunny smile.
I saw you up there one time.
I remember well the first time I saw Dr. Oliver Wendell Holmes.
He visited many lands and saw many wonderful things.
I came, I saw, I conquered, as the first baby in the family always does.
His expression softened when he saw she had been crying.
We never saw them.
Deidre saw more than interest in them.
It lit up her features, and he saw the tiny fangs she was trying to hide.
At a place where two roads crossed, they saw a tall gentleman coming to meet them.
Suddenly, to his great joy he saw little Lucy Martin lean over her desk and whisper to the girl in front of her.
Little Lucy Martin saw him through her tears, but said nothing.
He looked back and saw the innkeeper still standing by the door.
He turned quickly and saw an eagle rising into the air with his moneybag in its claws.
One day there was a great shout on the ship for the people saw the land and they were full of joy because they had reached a new country safely.
The first thing I saw was his skull.
The thing Martha saw had on a plaid shirt on, and these clothes are definitely old.
He wanted her, and nothing had ever made her happier in her life than when she saw the depth of his emotion in his eyes and lived through the consuming intensity with which he made love to her.
I saw your car.
There sat the thorny Sorcerer in his chair of state, and when the Wizard saw him he began to laugh, uttering comical little chuckles.
The Mangaboos saw her escape, and several of them caught up their thorns and gave chase, mounting through the air after her.
But Jim was ready for them, and when he saw them coming he turned his heels toward them and began kicking out as hard as he could.
When the people saw me come from the sky they naturally thought me some superior creature, and bowed down before me.
Within less than two minutes, Billy saw Mary Green whispering, and she had to take his place.
Mary looked around and saw Samuel Miller asking his neighbor for a pencil, and Samuel was called.
They saw that all these fables taught some great truth, and they wondered how Aesop could have thought of them.
I also saw Apollo Belvidere.
The three men, as they passed, looked down and saw the little birds fluttering in the cold, wet grass.
The king was about to waken him roughly, when he saw a piece of paper on the floor beside him.