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Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Etymology 1 1.2.1 Noun 1.2.1.1 Derived terms 1.2.1.2 Translations 1.2.2 Verb 1.2.2.1 Related terms 1.2.2.2 Translations 1.3 Etymology 2 1.3.1 Noun 1.3.1.1 Translations 1.4 Etymology 3 1.4.1 Verb 1.4.2 Anagrams 2 Kurdish 2.1 Noun 3 Scots 3.1 Pronunciation 3.2 Verb

[ English

Rank of this word in thee English language, from analyzing texts from Project Gutenberg.
place	give	ever	#156: saw	things	left	part

[ Pronunciation

• (UK) enPR: sô, IPA: /sɔː/, SAMPA: /sO:/

  Homophones: (in non-rhotic accents): soar, sore

• (US) enPR: sô, IPA: /sɑː/, SAMPA: /sA:/
•  Audio (US)^{help, file}
• Rhymes: -ɔː

[ Etymology 1

Old English saga. Cognate with Dutch zaag.

[ Noun

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saw (plural saws)

1. A tool with a toothed blade used for cutting hard substances, in particular wood or metal
2. A musical saw.

[ Derived terms

backsaw band saw chainsaw chop saw circular saw coping saw crosscut saw hacksaw handsaw

Japanese-style handsaw jigsaw miter saw, mitre saw power saw razor-tooth saw reciprocating saw rip saw sawbones sawtooth scroll saw table saw

[ Translations

tool

Arabic: منشار (minšár) m. Catalan: serra f. ^ Chinese: 鋸子, 锯子 (jùzǐ) Czech: pila f. Danish: sav f. Dutch: zaag f. Finnish: saha French: scie f. German: Säge f. ^ Hungarian: fűrész Icelandic: sög f. Italian: sega f. Japanese: 鋸 (のこぎり, nokogiri) Korean: 톱 (top)

Kurdish: mişar f. Latin: serra Latvian: zāģis m. Maltese: serrieq m., sega f. Persian: اره (arreh) Polish: piła f. Portuguese: serra f. Romanian: ferăstrău n. Russian: пила (pilá) f. Slovene: žaga f. Spanish: sierra f. Swedish: såg c. Telugu: రంపము (raMpamu)

musical saw See musical saw

[ Verb

Infinitive to saw

Third person singular saws

Simple past sawed

Past participle sawed or sawn

Present participle sawing

to saw (third-person singular simple present saws, present participle sawing, simple past sawed, past participle sawed or sawn)

1. (transitive) To cut (something) with a saw.
2. (intransitive) To make a motion back and forth similar to cutting something with a saw.

   The fiddler sawed away at his instrument.

[ Related terms

• saw wood

[ Translations

cut with a saw

Dutch: zagen Finnish: sahata French: scier German: sägen Icelandic: saga Italian: segare Korean: 켜다 (kyeoda), 썰다 (sseolda) Kurdish: mişar kirin, bi mişarê birrîn

Latin: serrare Latvian: zāģēt Persian: اره كردن (arreh kardan) Portuguese: serrar Russian: пилить (pilít’) impf. Slovene: žagati Spanish: serrar Swedish: såga

make a motion back and forth as with a saw

Finnish: sahata

Korean: 켜다 (kyeoda) (e.g.: violin)

[ Etymology 2

Old English sagu. Cognate with German Sage. Compare saga.

[ Noun

Singular saw

Plural saws

saw (plural saws)

1. (often old saw) A saying or proverb.

[ Translations

saying or proverb

French: proverbe m. German: Spruch m., Sprichwort n. Italian: adagio m.

Kurdish: pend f., gotina pêşiyan f. Portuguese: provérbio m. Spanish: proverbio m.

[ Etymology 3

See see.

[ Verb

saw

1. Simple past of see.

[ Anagrams

• was

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[ Kurdish

[ Noun

saw

1. terror
2. horror

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[ Scots

[ Pronunciation

• IPA: /sa/ (Doric & most Southern Scots dialects)
• IPA: /sɔ/ (Central & some Southern Scots dialects)

[ Verb

saw

1. (South Scots) Simple past of sei.
2. (N. & C. Scots) Simple past of see.