to saw
- verb
- /sɔː/
- He sawed the wooden boards into smaller pieces to fit them into the frame.
- saw wood
- saw down a tree
- cut and saw
But it's like hand sawing through a log, right?
- But it's like hand sawing through a log, right?
Examples
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You don't discover it until after you've sawn the wood.
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I brought a ripsaw up here, chopped, and sawed until I was exhausted.
Fiction book (1995) -
But it's like hand sawing through a log, right?
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A branch that has finally been sawed at suddenly collapses against the truck.
Fiction book (1995) -
Just keeping warm took hours every day, not only tending the fires, but sawing and splitting wood.
Fiction book (1990) -
Lloyd appears at the diner's door with a sawed-off 10-gauge Winchester lever-action shotgun.
Fiction book (1991) -
Using a saw, she carefully sawed through the thick branch in the garden.
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The carpenter saws wood every day to create beautiful furniture.
Synonyms
To cut or shape wood with a heavy sharp tool like an axe
To cut shapes in wood with a small electric saw
Cut a piece of wood or stone into a shape with a tool like an axe
Antonyms
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Compounds
- Specialized
A tool for cutting wood using a round blade that sticks up through a table
- Specialized
A machine with a long thin metal band with teeth that cuts wood or other materials
- Specialized
A small electric saw with a thin blade for cutting detailed curves in wood or thin materials
- Specialized
A portable power tool with a blade that moves back and forth to cut wood or metal
- Specialized
A handheld power tool that cuts wood and other materials with a blade that moves back and forth
- US
A small palm with spiny leaves that grows in clumps in the southeastern United States
- Specialized
A small hand saw with a thin blade in a U-shaped frame for cutting curves in wood
- US
A small hand tool with a long narrow blade for cutting tight curves and holes in wood or drywall
- Specialized
A small tool with a long, narrow, pointed blade for cutting tight curves in wood
- Specialized
A small saw with a stiff back and fine teeth for cutting small angled joints in wood
A hand saw with a thin blade and many small teeth for cutting metal and other hard materials
- Specialized
A large log with good wood that is cut into boards for furniture or building
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Etymology
Saw (verb) comes from the name of the tool saw — to 'saw' is 'to cut' with that tool, which is why the action and the tool share the same name.