SAW
saw (English)
Pronunciation
- sô, - /sO:/
: Homophones: (in some non-rhotic accents): soar, sore
Rhymes: ɔː
- sô, - /sO/
- sä, - /sA:/
: (idiosyncratic, past tense of 'see') /sɑːl/
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Etymology 1
From - sawe|lang=enm, from - saga|lang=ang, - |saw|lang=ang, from - sagô||sagō|saw|lang=en, from - sek-|to cut|lang=en
Holländska - - - |saw|lang=nl,
- - |saw|lang=de,
- - |saw|lang=sv,
- - |saw|lang=is, - - - secō|cut|lang=la.
Noun
A tool with a toothed blade used for cutting hard substances, in particular wood or metal
A musical_saw.
Derived terms
Terms derived from saw (noun)
backsaw
band_saw
chainsaw
chop_saw
circular_saw
coping_saw
crosscut_saw
hacksaw
handsaw
hole_saw
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
Arabiska - منشار
Armenian - սղոց|tr=sġoc'|sc=Armn
Azeri - mişar
Vitryska - піла
Bulgariska - трион
Catalan: serra
Chinese:
: Mandarin - 鋸子|sc=Hani, - 锯子|tr=jùzi|sc=Hani, - 鋸|sc=Hani, - 锯|tr=jù|sc=Hani
Tjeckiska - pila
Danska - sav
Holländska - zaag
Esperanto - segilo|xs=Esperanto
Estniska - saag
Faroese - sag|f
Finska - saha
Franska - scie
Georgian - ხერხი|tr=xerxi|sc=Geor
Tyska - Säge
Grekiska - πριόνι
Hebrew - מסור|m|tr=masor
Hindiska - आरा
Ungerska - fűrész
Isländska - sög
Indonesiska - gergaji
Italienska - sega
Japanska - 鋸,
のこぎり
Koreanska - 톱
Kurdish - mişar|f
Latin - serra
Lettiska - zāģis
Litauiska - pjūklas
Makedonska - пила
Malaysiska - gergaji
Maltesiska - serrieq,
sega
Persiska - اره,
منشار
Polska - piła
Portugisiska - serraPortugisiska - serrote
Rumänska - ferăstrău
Ryska - пила
Serbo-Croatian:
: Cyrillic - пила|f, - жага|f, - тестера|f
: Roman - pila|f, - žaga|f, - testera|f
Sicilian - serra|f|xs=Sicilian
Slovakiska - píla
Slovenska - žaga
Spanska - sierra
Swahili - msumeno
Svenska - såg
Telugu: రంపము (raMpamu)
Thailändska - เลื่อย
Turkiska - testere
Turkmen - byçgy
Ukrainska - пила
Vietnamesiska - cưa,
cái cưa
West Frisian: seage
musical saw|musical saw
Verb
To cut (something) with a saw.
To make a motion back and forth similar to cutting something with a saw.
The fiddler sawed away at his instrument.
To be cut with a saw.
The timber saws smoothly.
Related terms
saw_wood
Translations
cut with a saw
American Sign Language - A@InsideShoulderhigh-PalmBack-FlatB@NearCenterChesthigh-PalmDown Frontandback|xs=American Sign Language
Arabiska - نشر
Bosnian - piliti, - žagati
Chinese:
: Mandarin - 鋸|sc=Hani, - 锯|tr=jù|sc=Hani
Holländska - zagen
Esperanto - segi|xs=Esperanto
Finska - sahata
Franska - scier
Tyska - sägen
Grekiska - πριονίζω
Ungerska - fűrészel
Isländska - saga
Italienska - segare
Japanska - 挽くJapanska - 切る
Korean: 켜다 (kyeoda), 썰다 (sseolda)
Kurdish: mişar kirin, bi mişarê birrîn
Latin - serrare
Latvian: zāģēt
Makedonska - пили
Malaysiska - menggergaji
Persian: اره_كردن
(arreh kardan)
Polska - piłować
Portugisiska - serrar
Russian - ru|пилить|tr=pilít’
Scottish Gaelic - sàbh
Sicilian - sirrari|xs=Sicilian
Slovenska - žagati
Spanska - serrar
Swahili - msumeno
Svenska - såga
make a motion back and forth as with a saw
Finska - sahata
Grekiska - πριονίζω
Korean: 켜다 (kyeoda) (e.g.: violin)
Swahili - msumeno
Etymology 2
From - sawe|lang=enm, from - sagu|lang=ang, - |story, tale, saying, statement, report, narrative, tradition|lang=ang, from - sagō||sagōn|saying, story|lang=en, from - sekʷe-||skʷē-|to tell, talk|lang=en
Holländska - - - |saga|lang=nl,
- - |legend, saga, tale, fable|lang=de,
- - |legend|lang=da,
- - |story|lang=no,
- - |story, tale, history|lang=is
Engelska - saga,
say.
Noun
Something spoken; speech, discourse.
* 1485, w:Thomas_Malory|Sir_Thomas_Malory, Le Morte Darthur, Book V:
*: And for thy trew sawys, and I may lyve many wynters, there was never no knyght better rewardid ....
(often old saw) A saying or proverb.
opinion, idea, belief; by thy ~, in your opinion; commune ~, common opinion; common knowledge; on no ~, by no means.
Þe more comoun sawe is þat Remus was i-slawe for he leep ouer þe newe walles of Rome. — Polychronicon Ranulphi Higden
proposal, suggestion; possibility.
All they assentyd to the sawe; They thoght he spake reson and lawe. — Earl of Toulouse
Synonyms
See also Wikisaurus:saying
Translations
saying or proverb
Dutch: gezegde, spreuk, spreekwoord
Franska - proverbe
Tyska - Spruch,
Sprichwort
Grekiska - απόφθεγμαGrekiska - ρήση
Indonesian: amsal, peri_bahasa, petitih
Italienska - adagio
Kurdish: pend gotina_pêşiyan {{f
Makedonska - поговоркаMakedonska - изрекаMakedonska - пословица
Portugisiska - provérbio
Ryska - пословица,
поговорка
Spanska - proverbio
Swahili - msumeno
Etymology 3
See
see.
Verb
saw
see
Statistics
- give|ever|156|saw|things|left|part
Anagrams
ASW#English|ASW
was#English|was
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saw (Kurdish)
Noun
terror
horror
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saw (Scots)
Pronunciation
- lang=sco (Doric & most Southern Scots dialects)
- lang=sco (Central & some Southern Scots dialects)
Verb
saw
- lang=sco
(N. & C. Scots) - lang=sco
ang:saw
simple:saw
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