saw

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saw

A carpenter uses a saw to cut a wooden plank.

Definition

  1. Noun:

    • A hand tool or power tool with a toothed metal blade or disk: A "saw" is a tool used for cutting hard materials like wood or metal, using a toothed edge to make a cut.
    • A concise, common saying expressing a general truth or observation: A "saw" is a proverb or maxim, often passed down through tradition.

  2. Verb:

    • To cut or divide with a saw: The action of using a saw tool to cut something.
    • To make motions as if using a saw; to move back and forth: To move something repeatedly in a back-and-forth motion resembling the action of sawing.
Usage Examples
  • Noun (Tool):
    • He used a hand saw to cut the plank.
    • The carpenter started the circular saw.
  • Noun (Saying):
    • "A stitch in time saves nine" is an old saw about prevention.
  • Verb (To cut):
    • She sawed through the thick branch.
    • We need to saw this timber into smaller pieces.
  • Verb (To move back and forth):
    • The violinist sawed away at his instrument. (This means he played vigorously, not that he cut it.)
Advanced Usage
  • "saw the air": To gesture or wave one's arms vigorously.
    • The excited speaker sawed the air to emphasize his points.
  • "saw wood": (Informal, chiefly US) To sleep soundly or snore.
    • After the long hike, he went to bed and sawed wood all night.
Variants and Related Words
  • Sawyer (n): A person whose job is to saw wood.
  • Sawtooth (adj/n): Having a shape or pattern resembling the teeth of a saw.
  • Sawmill (n): A factory where logs are sawn into lumber.
  • Jigsaw (n): A saw with a fine blade for cutting curves.
  • Hacksaw (n): A saw with a fine-toothed blade in a frame, used for cutting metal.
Synonyms
  • Noun (Tool): Cutter.
  • Noun (Saying): Proverb, adage, maxim, aphorism.
  • Verb (To cut): Cut, sever.
Related Phrasal Verbs
  • Saw off: To remove something by sawing.
    • He sawed off the damaged part of the post.
  • Saw up: To cut something into pieces with a saw.
    • We sawed up the old tree for firewood.
  • Saw away (at): To continue sawing something persistently.
    • He was sawing away at the log for hours.
Related Idioms
  • Run like a well-oiled saw: (Less common) To operate very smoothly and efficiently.
  • Old saw: A familiar or trite proverb.
    • He just repeated the same old saw about early birds and worms.
saw

A carpenter uses a saw to cut a wooden plank.

Noun
  1. a power tool for cutting wood
  2. hand tool having a toothed blade for cutting
  3. a condensed but memorable saying embodying some important fact of experience that is taken as true by many people
Verb
  1. cut with a saw
    • saw wood for the fireplace

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