: a hand or power tool or a machine used to cut hard material (such as wood, metal, or bone) and equipped usually with a toothed blade or disk
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: to cut with a saw
2
: to produce or form by cutting with a saw
3
: to slash as though with a saw
1
a
: to use a saw
b
: to cut with or as if with a saw
2
: to undergo cutting with a saw
3
: to make motions as though using a saw
sawed at the reins
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Examples of saw in a Sentence
Verb
He sawed the boards in half.
This blade is too dull for sawing.
Noun
it's an old saw that a red sunset presages fair skies the next day
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Chris Ramirez, Journal Sentinel, 7 Aug. 2024
In the first six months, the owner of brands including Dove, Dermalogica and Hellmann’s saw profit reach 4 billion euros despite a modest 2.3 percent uptick in sales to 31.1 billion euros.
—Samantha Conti, WWD, 25 July 2024
Outside a church in Southfield on a warm Tuesday afternoon, Bishop Bonnie Perry closed her eyes and stretched out her arms in prayer above a couple of chop saws that were about to slice through guns.
—Niraj Warikoo, Detroit Free Press, 18 June 2024
There was a small piece of copper wedged on the saw.
—Mara H. Gottfried, Twin Cities, 31 July 2024
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Noun
The other room was covered in plastic painter tarp with a sanitation sink and three saws visible, according to the informant.
—Chris Ramirez, Journal Sentinel, 7 Aug. 2024
In the first six months, the owner of brands including Dove, Dermalogica and Hellmann’s saw profit reach 4 billion euros despite a modest 2.3 percent uptick in sales to 31.1 billion euros.
—Samantha Conti, WWD, 25 July 2024
Outside a church in Southfield on a warm Tuesday afternoon, Bishop Bonnie Perry closed her eyes and stretched out her arms in prayer above a couple of chop saws that were about to slice through guns.
—Niraj Warikoo, Detroit Free Press, 18 June 2024
There was a small piece of copper wedged on the saw.
—Mara H. Gottfried, Twin Cities, 31 July 2024
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“Saw.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/saw. Accessed 25 Aug. 2024.
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