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Definition of Saw

1. Noun. A condensed but memorable saying embodying some important fact of experience that is taken as true by many people.

2. Verb. Cut with a saw. "Saw wood for the fireplace"

3. Noun. Hand tool having a toothed blade for cutting.

4. Noun. A power tool for cutting wood.

Definition of Saw

1. n. Something said; speech; discourse.

2. n. An instrument for cutting or dividing substances, as wood, iron, etc., consisting of a thin blade, or plate, of steel, with a series of sharp teeth on the edge, which remove successive portions of the material by cutting and tearing.

3. v. t. To cut with a saw; to separate with a saw; as, to saw timber or marble.

4. v. i. To use a saw; to practice sawing; as, a man saws well.

Definition of Saw

1. to cut or divide with a saw (a type of cutting tool) [v SAWED, SAWN, SAWING, SAWS]

Medical Definition of Saw

1. An instrument for cutting or dividing substances, as wood, iron, etc, consisting of a thin blade, or plate, of steel, with a series of sharp teeth on the edge, which remove successive portions of the material by cutting and tearing. Saw is frequently used adjectively, or as the first part of a compound. Band saw, Crosscut saw, etc. See Band, Crosscut, etc. Circular saw, a disk of steel with saw teeth upon its periphery, and revolved on an arbor. Saw bench, a bench or table with a flat top for for sawing, especially with a circular saw which projects above the table. Saw file, a three-cornered file, such as is used for sharpening saw teeth. Saw frame, the frame or sash in a sawmill, in which the saw, or gang of saws, is held. Saw gate, a saw frame. Saw gin, the form of cotton gin invented by Eli Whitney, in which the cotton fibres are drawn, by the teeth, of a set of revolving circular saws, through a wire grating which is too fine for the seeds to pass. Saw grass, the marsh titmouse (Parus palustris); so named from its call note. Scroll saw, a ribbon of steel with saw teeth upon one edge, stretched in a frame and adapted for sawing curved outlines; also, a machine in which such a saw is worked by foot or power. Origin: OE. Sawe, AS. Sage; akin to D. Zaag, G. Sage, OHG. Sega, saga, Dan. Sav, sw. Sag, Icel. Sog, L. Secare to cut, securis ax, secula sickle. Cf. Scythe, Sickle, Section, Sedge. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of SAW

savs savvey savveyed savveying savveys savvied savvier savvies savviest savvily

savviness savvinesses savvy savvying saw (current term) saw (current term) saw-toothed saw-whet saw-wort sawah

sawahs Sawan sawbill sawbills sawblade sawblades sawbones sawboneses sawbuck sawbuck

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