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A saw—a tool

Old English saga. Cognate with Dutch zaag.

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Singular
saw

Plural
saws

saw (plural saws)

  1. A tool with a toothed blade used for cutting hard substances, in particular wood or metal
  2. A musical saw.
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Infinitive
to saw

Third person singular
saws

Simple past
sawed

Past participle
sawed or sawn

Present participle
sawing

to saw (third-person singular simple present saws, present participle sawing, simple past sawed, past participle sawed or sawn)

  1. (transitive) To cut (something) with a saw.
  2. (intransitive) To make a motion back and forth similar to cutting something with a saw.
    The fiddler sawed away at his instrument.
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[edit] Etymology 2

Old English sagu. Cognate with German Sage. Compare saga.

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Singular
saw

Plural
saws

saw (plural saws)

  1. (obsolete) Something spoken; speech, discourse.
    • 1485, Sir Thomas Malory, Le Morte Darthur, Book V:
      And for thy trew sawys, and I may lyve many wynters, there was never no knyght better rewardid [...].
  2. (often old saw) A saying or proverb.
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See see.

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saw

  1. Simple past of see.

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saw

  1. terror
  2. horror

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  • IPA: /sa/ (Doric & most Southern Scots dialects)
  • IPA: /sɔ/ (Central & some Southern Scots dialects)

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saw

  1. (South Scots) Simple past of sei.
  2. (N. & C. Scots) Simple past of see.