Meaning of saw | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A tool with a toothed blade used for cutting hard substances, in particular wood or metal.
2. Acronym of squad automatic weapon or section automatic weapon, a kind of light machine gun.
   US, abbreviation, acronym, alt-of
3. Initialism of Stock Aitken Waterman, an English songwriting and record production trio.
   abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
4. Something spoken; speech, discourse.
   obsolete
5. A surname.
6. A Bahamian.
   slang
7. Such a tool with an abrasive coating instead of teeth.
8. Initialism of surface acoustic wave.
   abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
9. A saying or proverb.
   archaic
10. 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.
11. A musical saw.
12. Acronym of solar array wing
    abbreviation, acronym, alt-of
13. Opinion, idea, belief.
    obsolete
14. A familiar saying, especially one that has become trite through repetition. See Synonyms at saying.
15. A sawtooth wave.
16. Proposal, suggestion; possibility.
    obsolete
17. Past tense of see1.
18. The situation where two partners agree to trump a suit alternately, playing that suit to each other for the express purpose.
19. Dictate; command; decree.
    obsolete
20. saw wood, to snore loudly while sleeping.
21. pt. of see 1 .
22. a maxim; proverb; saying: an old saw.
23. A usually pithy and familiar statement expressing an observation or principle generally accepted as wise or true:adage, aphorism, byword, maxim, motto, proverb, saying.
24. a tool for cutting, having a toothed edge. He used a saw to cut through the branch. saag مِنْشار трион serra pila die Säge sav πριόνιsierra saag اره saha scieמסור आरा, आरी pila fűrész gergaji sög sega のこぎり 톱 pjūklas zāģis gergaji zaagsagpiła اره: اره serra ferăstrău пила píla žaga testera såg เลื่อย testere 鋸子 пилка آری cái cưa 锯
25. to cut with a saw. He sawed the log in two. saag يَنْشُر режа serrar (roz)řezat sägen save πριονίζωserrar saagima اره كردن sahata scier לְנַסֵר चीरना, आरा या आरी चलाना piliti, ispiliti fűrészel menggergaji saga segare 切る 톱으로 자르다 pjauti zāģēt menggergaji zagensage opppiłować اره كول serrar a tăia (cu ferăstrăul) пилить (roz)rezať žagati testerisati såga ตัดด้วยเลื่อย testere ile kesmek 鋸斷 пиляти, розпилювати آری سے ریتنا cưa, xẻ 锯（断）
26. a dust of tiny fragments of wood, made by sawing. saagsels نُشارَة الخَشَب стърготини serragem piliny das Sägemehl savsmuld πριονίδιserrín saepuru خاك اره sahanpuru sciureנסורת बुरा, कुनाई piljevina fűrészpor serbuk gergaji sag segatura おがくず 톱밥 pjuvenos zāģu skaidas habuk gergaji zaagselsagflistrociny دارى بوره ، د ارى ميدګى serradura talaş древесные опилки piliny žaganje strugotine sågspån ขี้เลื่อย talaş 鋸屑 тирса لکڑی کا برادہ mùn cưa 锯屑

Equivalents

Examples

“And for thy trew sawys, and I may lyve many wynters, there was never no knyght better rewardid[…]. And for your true discourses, and I may live many winters, there was never no knight better rewarded[…].”

“old saw”

“And then the justice, / In fair round belly with good capon lined, / With eyes severe and beard of formal cut, / Full of wise saws and modern instances.”

“At his crowning[…] the priest in his honour preached on the saw, 'Vox populi, vox Dei.'”

“by thy saw”

in your opinion

“commune saw”

common opinion/knowledge

“on no saw”

by no means

“c. 1350-1400, unknown, The Erl of Toulous All they assentyd to the sawe; They thoght he spake reson and lawe.”

“[Love] rules the creatures by his powerful saw.”

“Since Tea Cake and Janie had friended with the Bahaman workers in the ’Glades, they, the “Saws,” had been gradually drawn into the American crowd.”

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