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Saw
English
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation ) sô, /sɔː/, /sO:/
- Homophones: (in non-rhotic accents): soar , sore
- (US) sä, /sɑː/, /sA:/
Noun
saw (plural saws )
- A tool with a toothed blade used for cutting hard substances, in particular wood or metal
- A musical saw.
Derived terms
- backsaw
- band saw
- chainsaw
- chop saw
- circular saw
- coping saw
- crosscut saw
- hacksaw
- hand saw
- Japanese-style hand saw
- jigsaw
- miter saw , mitre saw
- razor-tooth saw
- reciprocating saw
- rip saw
- sawbones
- sawtooth
- scroll saw
- table saw
Translations
tool
- Dutch: zaag f
- Finnish: saha
- French: scie f
- German: Säge f
- Italian: sega f
- Persian: اره (arreh)
- Polish: piła f
- Portuguese: serra f
- Romanian: ferăstrău n
- Romanica: serra f
- Spanish: sierra f
- Swedish: såg c
musical saw
See musical saw
Noun
saw (plural saws )
- (often old saw) A saying or proverb.
Translations
- French: proverbe m
- German: Spruch m, Sprichwort n
- Italian: proverbio m
- Romanica: proverbio m
- Spanish: proverbio m
Transitive verb
to saw
- To cut (something) with a saw.
Translations
- Dutch: zagen
- Finnish: sahata
- French: scier
- German: sägen
- Italian: segare
- Persian: اره كردن (arreh kardan)
- Romanica: curtar
- Spanish: cortar
- Swedish: såga
Intransitive verb
to saw
- To make a motion back and forth similar to cutting something with a saw.
- The fiddler sawed away at his instrument.
Translations
Verb form
saw
- Past tense of to see
Translations
- Dutch: zag, zagen
- French: (past historic) vis, vis, vit , vîmes , vîtes , virent
- German: sah , sahen
- Esperanto: vidis
- Italian: (past historic) vidi , vedesti , vide , vedemmo , vedeste , videro
- Persian: دید (did)
- Portuguese: (preterite ) vi, viste , viu , vimos , vistes , viram
- Romanian: văzut
- Romanica: (preterite) videi , videsti , videt , videmmos , videstes , videron
- Spanish: (preterite): ví , viste , vió , vimos , visteis , vieron
- Swedish: såg
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