saw
Meaning
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- A tool with a toothed blade used for cutting hard substances, in particular wood or metal.
- A tool with a toothed blade used for cutting hard substances, in particular wood or metal.
- A musical saw.
- A sawtooth wave.
- The situation where two partners agree to trump a suit alternately, playing that suit to each other for the express purpose.
Synonyms
thruster machinery compartment
thrust propeller
maneuvering device
sawing machine
cut throat
disk saw
carpenter’s saw
rotary saw
saw machine
hacksaw machine
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈsɔː/
Etymology
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.
see
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- To perceive or detect someone or something with the eyes, or as if by sight.
- To perceive or detect someone or something with the eyes, or as if by sight.
- To perceive or detect someone or something with the eyes, or as if by sight.
- To form a mental picture of.
- To form a mental picture of.
- To form a mental picture of.
- To form a mental picture of.
- To form a mental picture of.
- To meet, to visit.
- To meet, to visit.
- To meet, to visit.
- To be the setting or time of.
- Chiefly followed by that: to ensure that something happens, especially by personally witnessing it.
- To wait upon; attend, escort.
- To respond to another player's bet with a bet of equal value.
- To determine by trial or experiment; to find out (if or whether).
- To reference or to study for further details.
- To examine something closely, or to utilize something, often as a temporary alternative.
- To include as one of something's experiences.
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