saw
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/sɔː/
🇬🇧
/sɔː/
noun
R
A tool with a toothed blade for cutting wood or metal.
I used a saw to cut the tree trunk.
R
A proverb or common saying.
As the old saw goes, 'Haste makes waste.'
verb
R
To cut with a sawing motion.
She sawed the wood into smaller pieces.
R
To move back and forth as if using a saw.
He was sawing the bread into slices.
R
Past tense of 'see'.
I saw my friend yesterday.
translation
A tool with a toothed blade for cutting wood or metal.; A proverb or common saying.
To cut with a sawing motion.; To move back and forth as if using a saw.; Past tense of 'see'.
Word Forms
3rd Present
saws
Past
sawed
Perfect
sawed
Progressive
sawing
Plural
saws