sawing wood
- noun
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aserrar madera
- He spent all morning in the garage sawing wood for the new bookshelf.
Examples
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The steady sound of someone sawing wood came from next door.
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I enjoy sawing wood on weekends.
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After gathering the planks, she began sawing wood to build the frame.
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He is sawing wood for the fireplace.
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The carpenter spent the afternoon sawing wood to make new furniture.
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He enjoyed sawing wood for the fireplace on chilly winter evenings.
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After the storm, they found themselves sawing wood to clear the fallen trees.
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'the act of cutting wood with a saw' is directly and compositionally derived from 'saw' (to cut with a saw) + 'wood' (the material). This verb+object nominalization is a transparent, cross-linguistically common construction, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will readily infer the MWE's meaning.
Etymology
Sawing wood shows a simple scene: someone using a saw to cut wood, moving it back and forth and making sawdust. That's why it means 'the act of cutting wood with a saw'.