a tool or device for cutting, typically a thin blade of metal with a series of sharp teeth.
any similar tool or device, as a rotating disk, in which a sharp continuous edge replaces the teeth.
verb (used with object),sawed,sawed or sawn,saw·ing.
to cut or divide with a saw.
to form by cutting with a saw.
to make cutting motions as if using a saw: to saw the air with one's hands.
to work (something) from side to side like a saw.
verb (used without object),sawed,sawed or sawn,saw·ing.
to use a saw.
to cut with or as if with a saw.
to cut as a saw does.
Idioms for saw
saw wood, Informal. to snore loudly while sleeping.
Origin of saw
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before 1000; (noun) Middle English sawe,Old English saga,*sagu; cognate with Dutch zaag,Old Norse sǫg; akin to German Säge saw, Latin secāre to cut (see section), Old English seax knife, sax2; (v.) Middle English sawen, derivative of the noun
Every economic supersector except mining and logging saw job gains in August, and all but a few made gains in June and July as well.
The Easy Part Of The Economic Recovery Might Be Over|Amelia Thomson-DeVeaux|September 4, 2020|FiveThirtyEight
Into such surgical headgear, Musk believes, billions of consumers will one day willingly place their heads, submitting as an automated saw carves out a circle of bone and a robot threads electronics into their brains.
In case you’re wondering what a miter saw does, it’s a specialized power tool that helps you cut wood at different angles—think for crown molding, garden beds, door frames, and more.
Make every project a breeze with the right miter saw|PopSci Commerce Team|August 26, 2020|Popular Science
A cordless miter saw gives you the freedom to set up anywhere you want to work on the project you need to complete.
Make every project a breeze with the right miter saw|PopSci Commerce Team|August 26, 2020|Popular Science
The man, Wayne Reyes, who police said aimed a sawed-off shotgun at them, died at the scene.
Police Officers Accused Of Brutal Violence Often Have A History Of Complaints By Citizens|LGBTQ-Editor|June 1, 2020|No Straight News
Because they stopped and I thought, “OK, that makes sense,” and then all of a sudden I saw another issue!
Coffee Talk with Fred Armisen: On ‘Portlandia,’ Meeting Obama, and Taylor Swift’s Greatness|Marlow Stern|January 7, 2015|DAILY BEAST
“We saw his background and he was a Bronx guy and we started breaking the case,” Boyce says.
Shot Down During the NYPD Slowdown|Michael Daly|January 7, 2015|DAILY BEAST
We just saw an edit of one called, “Doug Becomes A Feminist,” and I just really enjoyed watching it.
Coffee Talk with Fred Armisen: On ‘Portlandia,’ Meeting Obama, and Taylor Swift’s Greatness|Marlow Stern|January 7, 2015|DAILY BEAST
In Rwanda, as we watched the young fathers hold their babies, we saw a contented look in their eyes.
How Good Dads Can Change the World|Gary Barker, PhD, Michael Kaufman|January 6, 2015|DAILY BEAST
In being himself, he was also representing a community of people that talked how he talked and saw what he saw.
Remembering ESPN’s Sly, Cocky, and Cool Anchor Stuart Scott|Stereo Williams|January 4, 2015|DAILY BEAST
The body was carried up the side, and uncovered, just as Mrs. Dodd saw in her dream.
Hard Cash|Charles Reade
The mystery was gradually being cleared up; the complications unravelled; and he saw things in a new light.
The Weird of the Wentworths, Vol. 2|Johannes Scotus
She saw in them, it is true, a reflex of her own power—and that pleased, but it did not move her.
Mary Marston|George MacDonald
I looked intently, and it seemed to me that what I saw was a corpse, tightly swathed in grave-clothes.
The Treasure of the Tigris|A. F. Mockler Ferryman
She saw Mrs. Leslie coming to the window with her friend, and nerved herself for the ordeal.
Guy Kenmore's Wife and The Rose and the Lily|Mrs. Alex McVeigh Miller
British Dictionary definitions for saw (1 of 4)
saw1
/ (sɔː) /
noun
any of various hand tools for cutting wood, metal, etc, having a blade with teeth along one edge
any of various machines or devices for cutting by use of a toothed blade, such as a power-driven circular toothed wheel or toothed band of metal
verbsaws, sawing, sawed, sawedorsawn
to cut with a saw
to form by sawing
to cut as if wielding a sawto saw the air
to move (an object) from side to side as if moving a saw
Derived forms of saw
sawer, nounsawlike, adjective
Word Origin for saw
Old English sagu; related to Old Norse sog, Old High German saga, Latin secāre to cut, secūris axe