a hand tool with a toothed blade, used for cutting hard material, e.g. wood, metal, or bone, by moving the blade backwards and forwardsa power tool with a toothed disc or rotating banda serrated organ or body partsawlike adj[Old English saga]
verb transto cut (wood, etc) with or as if with a sawto make or shape (something) by cutting with a sawto cut through or sever (something) with or as if with a saw verb intransto use a sawto undergo cutting with a saw This wood saws easilyto make sawing motions The horse sawed at the reins