Definitions for the word "saw" from multiple English dictionaries.
1.
imp. of See.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
2. v. t.
Something said; speech; discourse.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
3. v. t.
A saying; a proverb; a maxim.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
4. v. t.
Dictate; command; decree.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
5. n.
An instrument for cutting or dividing substances, as wood, iron, etc., consisting of a thin blade, or plate, of steel, with a series of sharp teeth on the edge, which remove successive portions of the material by cutting and tearing.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
6. v. t.
To cut with a saw; to separate with a saw; as, to saw timber or marble.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
7. v. t.
To form by cutting with a saw; as, to saw boards or planks, that is, to saw logs or timber into boards or planks; to saw shingles; to saw out a panel.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
8. v. t.
Also used figuratively; as, to saw the air.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
9. v. i.
To use a saw; to practice sawing; as, a man saws well.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
10. v. i.
To cut, as a saw; as, the saw or mill saws fast.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
11. v. i.
To be cut with a saw; as, the timber saws smoothly.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
12. n.
1 hand tool with a toothed blade used to cut esp. Wood with a to-and-fro movement. 2 power tool with a toothed rotating disk or moving band, for cutting. v. (past part. Sawn or sawed) 1 cut (wood etc.) Or make (boards etc.) With a saw. 2 use a saw. 3 a move with a sawing motion (sawing away on his violin). B divide (the air etc.) With gesticulations. [old english]
Source: Oxford English Dictionary, 1884
13. n.
Proverb; maxim. [old english: related to *say]
Source: Oxford English Dictionary, 1884
14. slang
a term at whist. A SAW is established when two partners
alternately trump a suit, played to each other for the express purpose.
Source: The Slang Dictionary, 1864
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