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noun
- 1. a hand tool for cutting wood or other hard materials, typically with a long, thin serrated blade and operated using a backwards and forwards movement.
verb
- 1. cut (something) using a saw: "the top of each post is sawn off at railing height"
- 2. make rapid to-and-fro motions in cutting something or in playing a stringed instrument: "he was sawing away energetically at the loaf"
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A saw is a tool consisting of a tough blade, wire, or chain with a hard toothed edge used to cut through material. Various terms are used to describe toothed and abrasive saws. Saws began as serrated materials, and when mankind learned how to use iron, it became the preferred material for saw blades of all kind.
: 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. sawlike. ˈsȯ-ˌlīk. adjective. saw. 3 of 4. verb. sawed ˈsȯd ; sawed or sawn ˈsȯn ; sawing ˈsȯ (-)iŋ. transitive verb. 1. : to cut with a saw. 2. : to produce or form by cutting with a saw. 3.
SAW definition: 1. past simple of see 2. to cut wood or other hard material using a saw: 3. to move something…. Learn more.
saw noun [C] (TOOL) a tool with a blade or sharp cutting points, used for cutting hard materials such as wood or metal: Cut off the unwanted branches close to the trunk using a saw. Warehouse workers would saw up blocks of salt with a special saw. See also.
A saw is a tool for cutting wood, which has a blade with sharp teeth along one edge. Some saws are pushed backwards and forwards by hand, and others are powered by electricity. 3. See also chain saw. 4. verb. If you saw something, you cut it with a saw. He escaped by sawing through the bars of his cell. [VERB preposition/adverb]
Saw definition: a tool or device for cutting, typically a thin blade of metal with a series of sharp teeth.. See examples of SAW used in a sentence.
A saw is a tool that's used to cut wood. It can be a hand tool or a power tool, and it usually has either a blade or a disk with a jagged cutting edge. The verb saw means to cut through wood or another material using a saw or other tool. If you are going to build a bookcase, you have to saw the wood into the proper lengths.
saw. noun. /sɔː/ (often in compounds) a tool that has a long blade (= metal cutting part) with sharp points (called teeth) along one of its edges.
Definition of saw verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
(often in compounds) a tool that has a long blade with sharp points (calledteeth) along one of its edges. A saw is moved backward and forward by hand or driven by electricity, and is used for cutting wood or metal. see chainsaw, circular saw, fretsaw, hacksaw, handsaw, jigsaw. Definitions on the go.
