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saw

Pronunciation: /sɔː/

The English word “saw” has 14 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. Such a tool with a toothed blade.
  2. Such a tool with an abrasive coating instead of teeth.
  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.
  6. Something spoken; speech, discourse.
  7. A saying or proverb.
  8. Opinion, idea, belief.
  9. Proposal, suggestion; possibility.
  10. Dictate; command; decree.

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.

Etymology

From Middle English sawe, from Old English sagu, saga (“story, tale, saying, statement, report, narrative, tradition”), from Proto-West Germanic *sagā, from Proto-Germanic *sagō, *sagǭ (“saying, story”), from Proto-Indo-European *sekʷe-, *skʷē-, from *sekʷ- (“to say”). Cognate with Dutch sage (“saga”), German Sage (“legend, saga, tale, fable”), Danish sagn (“legend”), Norwegian soga (“story”),…

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