saw

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Pronunciation
/sɔː/
/sɔ/
Noun
8 definition(s)
1 Definition

A tool with a toothed blade used for cutting hard substances, in particular wood or metal

2 Definition

A musical saw.

3 Definition

A sawtooth wave.

4 Definition

Something spoken; speech, discourse.

5 Definition

A saying or proverb.

Example Sentences
  • old saw
6 Definition

Opinion, idea, belief.

Example Sentences
  • by thy saw
7 Definition

Proposal, suggestion; possibility.

8 Definition

Dictate; command; decree.

Verb
15 definition(s)
1 Definition

To cut (something) with a saw.

Example Sentences
  • They were stoned, they were sawn asunder, were tempted, were slain with the sword: they wandered about in sheepskins and goatskins; being destitute, afflicted, tormented;
2 Definition

To make a motion back and forth similar to cutting something with a saw.

Example Sentences
  • The fiddler sawed away at his instrument.
3 Definition

To be cut with a saw.

Example Sentences
  • The timber saws smoothly.
4 Definition

To form or produce (something) by cutting with a saw.

Example Sentences
  • to saw boards or planks (i.e. to saw logs or timber into boards or planks)
5 Definition

(stative) To perceive or detect with the eyes, or as if by sight.

6 Definition

To form a mental picture of.

7 Definition

(social) To meet, to visit.

8 Definition

To be the setting or time of.

Example Sentences
  • 1999 saw the release of many great films.
9 Definition

(by extension) To ensure that something happens, especially while witnessing it.

Example Sentences
  • I'll see you hang for this!  I saw that they didn't make any more trouble.
10 Definition

To wait upon; attend, escort.

Example Sentences
  • I saw the old lady safely across the road.
11 Definition

To respond to another player's bet with a bet of equal value.

Example Sentences
  • I'll see your twenty dollars and raise you ten.
12 Definition

To determine by trial or experiment; to find out (if or whether).

Example Sentences
  • I'll come over later and see if I can fix your computer.
13 Definition

(used in the imperative) To reference or to study for further details.

Example Sentences
  • For a complete proof of the Poincaré conjecture, see Appendix C.
14 Definition

To examine something closely, or to utilize something, often as a temporary alternative.

Example Sentences
  • Can I see that lighter for a second? Mine just quit working.
15 Definition

To include as one of something's experiences.

Example Sentences
  • The equipment has not seen usage outside of our projects.
Interjection
1 definition(s)
1 Definition

What's up (either as a greeting or actual question).

Example Sentences
  • — Saw, dude? — Not much.