saw

Meaning of saw

noun
  1. A tool with a toothed blade used for cutting hard substances, in particular wood or metal
  2. A musical saw.
  3. A sawtooth wave.
verb
  1. To cut (something) with a saw.
    They were stoned, they were sawn asunder, were tempted, were slain with the sword: they wandered about in sheepskins and goatskins; being destitute, afflicted, tormented;
  2. To make a motion back and forth similar to cutting something with a saw.
    The fiddler sawed away at his instrument.
  3. To be cut with a saw.
    The timber saws smoothly.
  4. To form or produce (something) by cutting with a saw.
    to saw boards or planks (i.e. to saw logs or timber into boards or planks)
noun
  1. Something spoken; speech, discourse.
  2. A saying or proverb.
    old saw
  3. Opinion, idea, belief.
    by thy saw
  4. Proposal, suggestion; possibility.
  5. Dictate; command; decree.
interjection
  1. What's up (either as a greeting or actual question).
    — Saw, dude? — Not much.
verb
  1. (stative) To perceive or detect with the eyes, or as if by sight.
  2. To form a mental picture of.
  3. (social) To meet, to visit.
  4. To be the setting or time of.
    1999 saw the release of many great films.
  5. (by extension) To ensure that something happens, especially while witnessing it.
    I'll see you hang for this!  I saw that they didn't make any more trouble.
  6. To wait upon; attend, escort.
    I saw the old lady safely across the road.
  7. To respond to another player's bet with a bet of equal value.
    I'll see your twenty dollars and raise you ten.
  8. To determine by trial or experiment; to find out (if or whether).
    I'll come over later and see if I can fix your computer.
  9. (used in the imperative) To reference or to study for further details.
    For a complete proof of the Poincaré conjecture, see Appendix C.
  10. To examine something closely, or to utilize something, often as a temporary alternative.
    Can I see that lighter for a second? Mine just quit working.
  11. To include as one of something's experiences.
    The equipment has not seen usage outside of our projects.

Information about saw

  • The plural form of saw is: saws.
  • Languages ​​in which saw is used:

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Hyphenation of saw

saw

  • It consists of 1 syllables and 3 chars.
  • saw is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable

saw synonyms

Meaning proverb:

proverb, adage, byword

Meaning :

behold, descry, espy, observe, view, follow, get, understand

Translation of saw

Anagrams of saw

aws, swa, was

Words that rhyme with saw

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