saw

Từ điển American Heritage Dictionary 4th

I. saw¹ (sô)top to bottom: compass, backsaw, and crosscut sawsClarinda/Academy Artworksn.
Any of various tools, either hand-operated or power-driven, having a thin metal blade or disk with a sharp, usually toothed edge, used for cutting wood, metal, or other hard materials.v. sawed, sawed, or sawn (sôn) saw·ing, sawsv. tr.
1. To cut or divide with a saw.
2. To produce or shape with a saw:
sawed a hole in the board.
3. To make back-and-forth motions through or on:
a speaker who saws the air with his arms.v. intr.
1. To use a saw:
sawing along the chalk line.
2. To undergo cutting with a saw:
Pine wood saws easily. [Middle English sawe, from Old English sagu. See sek- in Indo-European Roots.] sawʹer n. II. saw² (sô)n.
A familiar saying, especially one that has become trite through repetition. See Synonyms at saying. [Middle English sawe, from Old English sagu, speech. See sekʷ-³ in Indo-European Roots.] III. saw³ (sô)v.
Past tense of see¹.

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  power saw, sawing machine, proverb, adage, byword