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saw
/sɔ/
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What does saw mean?
noun
- Such a tool with a toothed blade.
- Such a tool with an abrasive coating instead of teeth.
- A musical saw.
More meanings (20)
noun
- A sawtooth wave.
- The situation where two partners agree to trump a suit alternately, playing that suit to each other for the express purpose.
- Initialism of squad automatic weapon or initialism of section automatic weapon, a kind of light machine gun.
- Initialism of surface acoustic wave.
- Acronym of solar array wing
- (slang) A Bahamian.
- (obsolete) Something spoken; speech, discourse.
- (archaic) A saying or proverb.
- (obsolete) Opinion, idea, belief.
- (obsolete) Proposal, suggestion; possibility.
- (obsolete) Dictate; command; decree.
verb
- To cut (something) with a saw.
- To make a motion back and forth similar to cutting something with a saw.
- To be cut with a saw.
- To form or produce (something) by cutting with a saw.
- simple past of see
- past participle of see
interjection
- صَلَّى اللّٰهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ (ṣallā llāhu ʕalayhi wa-sallama, “peace be upon him”)
proper noun
- Initialism of Stock Aitken Waterman, an English songwriting and record production trio.
- A surname.
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IPA pronunciation
/sɔ/
CMU Pronouncing Dictionary ↗Pronunciation varies by speaker and region. About these dictionary pronunciations.
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See this word in context.
And it came to pass that they were carried away in the Spirit from before my face, and I saw them not.
He heard her quick step and saw her tall figure appear in the doorway, with the light of the lamp behind her.
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At one place in the path he saw a tuft of stringy roots washed white and clean as a bundle of tendons.
This was a good opportunity to see the country, too, and the more I saw of it, the better I liked it.
At his arrival in the market-place, and some time before she saw him, the stranger had bent his eyes on Hester Prynne.