to jigsaw
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4.6
- verb
- /ˈdʒɪɡsɔː/
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- The group would jigsaw the pieces of the project, with each member becoming an expert either on the species, food web, or energy transfer, and create a slide demonstrating their learning (see bit.ly/tlowl for the template).
Examples
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This way and that and the other, she jigsaws the pattern pieces that she and my mother have cut out.
Fiction book (1993) -
Instead, I used a jigsaw to cut through stuff that was like this thick, which I'm very sure it's not supposed to do.
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They're jigsawed together, maybe five feet apart from the garage to the neighbor's kitchen window.
Fiction book (1997) -
When we ask them higher-level questions, when we jigsaw groups so that there is a mixture of expertise, and when we present a tough problem or challenge, we just might recognize collaborative intelligence as it begins to emerge.
Academic text (2014) -
You've been jigsawed.
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So I think I'm going to do is clamp this to a piece of wood and just drill my hole and then use maybe a, I don't know, maybe a jigsaw to cut my little slit.
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It took two reads for me to figure out the landscape of Motion's Locks and Love, the structure being sort of like a mental picture book, image on image, somewhat jigsawed, and the reader having to work to connect them, but once you do, it easily becomes a favorite of the collection.
Blog text (12) -
She carefully jigsawed the wooden pieces to create a beautiful design for her art project.
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To make the intricate cut, he used a jigsaw to shape the wood perfectly.
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After sketching the pattern, I jigsawed the board to create the unique shape.
Synonyms
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1.0
To cut wood using a tool with a thin toothed blade
19
5.1
To shape wood or stone using a flat metal blade
13
6.2
To cut small pieces from wood with a knife
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7.9
To cut or shape wood with a heavy sharp tool like an axe
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6.0
To shape or work material by using tools
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2.6
Cut wood with a saw
To saw a thick piece of wood again to make thinner boards
To cut wood by two people pulling a long saw back and forth
Cut a piece of wood or stone into a shape with a tool like an axe
To cut paper or metal with a large straight blade
Compounds
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Etymology
To jigsaw as a verb means to cut or shape something using a jigsaw tool, because the action is named after the tool, so it simply means 'to cut with a jigsaw'.