saw

Signification (Anglais)

Noun

1. A tool with a toothed blade used for cutting hard substances, in particular wood or metal.
2. A tool with a toothed blade used for cutting hard substances, in particular wood or metal.
3. A musical saw.
4. A sawtooth wave.
5. The situation where two partners agree to trump a suit alternately, playing that suit to each other for the express purpose.

Verb

1. To cut (something) with a saw.
2. To make a motion back and forth similar to cutting something with a saw.
3. To be cut with a saw.
4. To form or produce (something) by cutting with a saw.

Verb

1. simple past of see
2. (colloquial) past participle of see

Concepts

scie

scier

proverbe

sentence

vu

virent

scierie

sierra

vit

lime

couper

adage

dicton

scie à main

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˈsɔː/

Étymologie (Anglais)

The noun from Middle English sawe, sawgh, from Old English saga, sagu (“saw”), from Proto-West Germanic *sagu, from Proto-Germanic *sagô, *sagō (“saw”), from Proto-Indo-European *sek- (“to cut”).
Cognate with West Frisian seage (“saw”), Dutch zaag (“saw”), German Säge (“saw”), Danish sav (“saw”), Swedish såg (“saw”), Icelandic sög (“saw”), and through Indo-European, with Latin secō (“cut”) and Italian sega (“saw”).
The verb from Middle English sawen, from the noun above.

Phrases

I never saw her before .

Je ne l'ai jamais vue auparavant.

I never saw this thing before in my life .

Je n'ai jamais vu cette chose auparavant dans ma vie.

He heard a muffled grating sound and saw the black mark jerk forward an inch or so .

Il a entendu un son de réseau étouffé et a vu la marque noire se branler en avant à un pouce environ.

When she saw the unknown object bobbing up and down the edge , she was absolutely horrified .

Quand elle a vu l'objet inconnu se balancer de haut en bas, elle était absolument horrifiée.