saw

saw1 [ sɔ ] noun count *

1. ) a tool used for cutting wood or metal, consisting of a handle and a metal blade with several sharp teeth along one edge

2. ) OLD-FASHIONED a well-known phrase that gives advice about life

saw

saw 2 [ sɔ ] (past participle sawed or sawn [ sɔn ] ) verb intransitive or transitive

to cut something with a saw:

He sawed the log in half.

The prisoner had escaped by sawing through the bars on the window.

`saw at phrasal verb transitive

saw at something to move a knife or other object backward and forward several times across something, especially in order to cut it:

Rick was sawing at the piece of chicken with his penknife.

,saw `down phrasal verb transitive

to cut through something such as a tree with a saw so that it falls to the ground

,saw `off phrasal verb transitive

to remove something by cutting through it with a saw or knife:

He sawed off a piece of meat from the bone.

,saw `up phrasal verb transitive

to cut something into several pieces using a saw or knife:

They were busy sawing up the logs into two-foot lengths.

saw

saw 3

the past tense of see1