: a hand or power tool or a machine used to cut hard material (such as wood, metal, or bone) and equipped usually with a toothed blade or disk
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: to cut with a saw
2
: to produce or form by cutting with a saw
3
: to slash as though with a saw
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a
: to use a saw
b
: to cut with or as if with a saw
2
: to undergo cutting with a saw
3
: to make motions as though using a saw
sawed at the reins
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Examples of saw in a Sentence
Verb
He sawed the boards in half.
This blade is too dull for sawing.
Noun
it's an old saw that a red sunset presages fair skies the next day
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Liza Esquibias, People.com, 1 Nov. 2024
Cordless circular saw: on sale for $69 Original price: $89
For basic cutting, a circular saw can get the job done.
—Christopher Murray, Fox News, 4 Oct. 2024
Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 5 Nov. 2024
As previously mentioned, there’s a scene in which a Weeknd gets sawed in half.
—Bethy Squires, Vulture, 24 Oct. 2024
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Noun
The finale episode on Oct. 31 saw cameras pick back up three weeks after filming ended with Jenn Pedranti and Ryan Boyajian’s engagement party.
—Liza Esquibias, People.com, 1 Nov. 2024
Cordless circular saw: on sale for $69 Original price: $89
For basic cutting, a circular saw can get the job done.
—Christopher Murray, Fox News, 4 Oct. 2024
Verb
But most are satisfied with the sounds of scraping, sawing, sanding, drilling and hammering.
—Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 5 Nov. 2024
As previously mentioned, there’s a scene in which a Weeknd gets sawed in half.
—Bethy Squires, Vulture, 24 Oct. 2024
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“Saw.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/saw. Accessed 26 Nov. 2024.
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