Definition of SAW

saw

Meanings

Plural: saws

Noun

  • a condensed but memorable saying embodying some important fact of experience that is taken as true by many people
  • hand tool having a toothed blade for cutting
  • a power tool for cutting wood
  • A tool with a toothed blade used for cutting hard substances, in particular wood or metal.
  • A tool with a toothed blade used for cutting hard substances, in particular wood or metal.
  • Such a tool with an abrasive coating instead of teeth.
  • A musical saw.
  • A sawtooth wave.
  • The situation where two partners agree to trump a suit alternately, playing that suit to each other for the express purpose.
  • Something spoken; speech, discourse.
  • A saying or proverb.
  • Opinion, idea, belief.
  • Proposal, suggestion; possibility.
  • Dictate; command; decree.

Verb

  • cut with a saw
    • "saw wood for the fireplace"
  • perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
  • perceive (an idea or situation) mentally
  • perceive or be contemporaneous with
    • "The 1960's saw the rebellion of the younger generation against established traditions"
  • imagine; conceive of; see in one's mind
  • deem to be
  • get to know or become aware of, usually accidentally
  • see or watch
  • come together
  • find out, learn, or determine with certainty, usually by making an inquiry or other effort
  • be careful or certain to do something; make certain of something
  • go to see for professional or business reasons
  • go to see for a social visit
  • go to see a place, as for entertainment
  • take charge of or deal with
  • receive as a specified guest
  • date regularly; have a steady relationship with
  • see and understand, have a good eye
  • deliberate or decide
  • observe as if with an eye
    • "The camera saw the burglary and recorded it"
  • observe, check out, and look over carefully or inspect
  • go or live through
    • "he saw action in Viet Nam"
  • accompany or escort
  • match or meet
    • "I saw the bet of one of my fellow players"
  • make sense of; assign a meaning to
  • 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

Origin / Etymology

The noun from Middle English sawe, sawgh, from Old English saga, sagu (“saw”), from Proto-West Germanic *sagu, from Proto-Germanic *sagô, *sagō (“saw”), from Proto-Indo-European *sek- (“to cut”).
Cognate with West Frisian seage (“saw”), Dutch zaag (“saw”), German Säge (“saw”), Danish sav (“saw”), Swedish såg (“saw”), Icelandic sög (“saw”), and through Indo-European, with Latin secō (“cut”) and Italian sega (“saw”).
The verb from Middle English sawen, from the noun above.

Synonyms

adage, apophthegm, apothegm, ascertain, assure, attend, byword, catch, check, come across, consider, construe, control, date, determine, dictum, discover, encounter, ensure, envision, escort, examine, experience, fancy, figure, find, find out, get a line, get wind, get word, gnome, gnomic saying, go out, go steady, go through, hear, image, insure, interpret, learn, look, mantra, maxim, meet, paroemia, pick up, picture, power saw, project, proverb, realise, realize, reckon, regard, run across, run into, saw, sawing machine, saying, see, see to it, take care, take in, understand, view, visit, visualise, visualize, watch, witness

Scrabble Score: 6

saw is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
saw is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
saw is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 6

saw is a valid Words With Friends word