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Definition for: saw

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English

Rank of this word in the English language, from analyzing texts from Project Gutenberg.
place give ever #156: saw things left part

Pronunciation

  • ( UK ) AHD: sô , IPA: /sɔː/ , SAMPA: /sO:/
    Homophones : ( in non-rhotic accents ): soar, sore
  • ( US ) AHD: sô , IPA: /sɔː/ , SAMPA: /sO:/
  • Rhymes: -ɔː

Etymology 1

a saw (1)

Old English saga . Cognate with Dutch zaag .

Noun

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.

Derived terms

Translations

tool

  • Arabic: منشار (minšár) m .
  • Catalan: serra f . ^
  • Chinese: 鋸子, 锯子 (jùzǐ)
  • Dutch: zaag f .
  • Finnish: saha
  • French: scie f .
  • German: Säge f . ^
  • Hungarian: fűrész
  • Italian: sega f .
  • Japanese: 鋸 (のこぎり, nokogiri)
  • Korean: 톱 (top)
  • Kurdish: mişar f .
  • Latin: serra
  • Latvian: zāģis m .
  • Persian: اره (arreh)
  • Polish: piła f .
  • Portuguese: serra f .
  • Romanian: ferăstrău n .
  • Russian: пила (pilá) f .
  • Slovene: žaga f .
  • Spanish: sierra f .
  • Swedish: såg c .
  • Telugu: రంపము (raMpamu)

musical saw See musical saw

Verb

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

Infinitive
to saw

Third person singular
saws

Simple past
sawed

Past participle
sawed or sawn

Present participle
sawing

  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.

Translations

cut with a saw

  • Dutch: zagen
  • Finnish: sahata
  • French: scier
  • German: sägen
  • Italian: segare
  • Korean: 켜다 (kyeoda), 썰다 (sseolda)
  • Kurdish: mişar kirin, bi mişarê birrîn
  • Latin: serrare
  • Latvian: zāģēt
  • Persian: اره كردن (arreh kardan)
  • Portuguese: serrar
  • Russian: пилить (pilít’) impf.
  • Slovene: žagati
  • Spanish: serrar
  • Swedish: såga

make a motion back and forth as with a saw

  • Korean: 켜다 (kyeoda) ( e.g.: violin )

Etymology 2

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

Noun

Singular
saw

Plural
saws

saw ( plural saws )

  1. ( often old saw ) A saying or proverb.

Translations
  • French: proverbe m .
  • German: Spruch m . , Sprichwort n .
  • Italian: proverbio m .
  • Kurdish: pend f . , gotina pêşiyan f .
  • Portuguese: provérbio m .
  • Spanish: proverbio m .

Etymology 3

See see .

Verb form

saw

  1. Simple past of see .

Kurdish

Noun

saw

  1. terror
  2. horror

Other Translations for "saw"

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