Saw

What do we mean by saw?

A familiar saying, especially one that has become trite through repetition. synonym: saying. noun

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. noun

To cut or divide with a saw. intransitive verb

To produce or shape with a saw. intransitive verb

To make back-and-forth motions through or on. intransitive verb

To use a saw. intransitive verb

To undergo cutting with a saw. intransitive verb

To cut or divide with a saw; cut in pieces with a saw.

To form by cutting with a saw: as, to saw boards or planks (that is, to saw timber into boards or planks).

To cut or cleave as with the motion of a saw.

In bookbinding, to score or cut lightly through the folded edges of, as the gathered sections of a book, in four or five equidistant spaces.

To use a saw; practise the use of a saw; cut with a saw.

To be cut with a saw: as, the timber saws smoothly.

A saying; speech; discourse; word. noun

A proverbial saying; maxim; proverb. noun

A tale; story; recital. Compare saga. noun

A decree. noun

Synonyms Axiom, Maxim, etc. See aphorism. noun

Preterit of see. noun

A tool with a toothed blade used for cutting hard substances, in particular wood or metal

A musical saw.

A sawtooth wave.

Words that are spelled similarly to saw:
saw.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word saw:
action, lose, manuscript, introduction, finish, opportunity, mill, decline.

Words that rhyme with saw:
law, draw, withdraw, awe, raw, bourgeois, la, paw, flaw, spa, straw, claw, thaw, haw, outlaw, schwa, maw, jaw, chutzpah, ra, voila, ya, qua, dada, ta, aha, da, gnaw, guffaw, yaw, pa, pasha, aw, ha, ma, cha, ah, ka, daw, shaw, bra, macaw, chihuahua, craw, redraw, seesaw, blah, na, coleslaw, caw, esau, gras, hoopla, nah, yah, sa, hurrah, ottawa, overdraw, bylaw, squaw, panama, utah, ga, slaw, pshaw, omaha, sha, chainsaw, jigsaw, ja, baccarat, whipsaw, wa, arkansas, rah, shah, moi, ona, xio, naw, bah, chaw, scrimshaw, hacksaw, dumas, grandpa, draugh, bois, ahh, doha, trois, faw, fermata, rawe, wah, gaw, hah, baja, mackinaw.

Adjectives that are often used to describe saw:
see, old, circular, jig, hack, small, electric, last, hand, cut, rip, chain, oscillating, fine, musical, sharp, wise, big, portable, keyhole, table, fret, scroll, blind, latter, rusty, rotary, mechanical, wood, bladed, ordinary, inch, driven, narrow, powered, toothed, dull, longer, handed, handled, thin, surgical, back, wet, straight, sea, power, tiny, perpetual, radial, arm, edged, blunt, man, mortal, upright, buzz, ever.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective saw:
mill, horse, mills, flies, fish, tooth, whet, fly, pit, rus, bill, teeth, toothed, timber, fishes, grinders, miller, wort, dust, cut, filing, gin, may, technology, bwa, line, logs, devices, blades, log, hee, stories, quan, buck, milling, based, pits, puzzles, grass, sensor, device, setting, edged, cabbage, puzzle, bills, bwas, blade, filters, operator, see, phay, arq, kill, handle, sharpening, palmetto, bones, billed.

Consonant match to saw:
sea, see, c, so, say, sow, sew, sue, sigh, sir, psi, si, sa, soy, sough, sai, sur, seigh, sioux, cie, cy, sci, sie, soo, sy, su, saugh, sao, suh, tsai, saye, tsao, siew, seay, sieh.

Words that sound like saw:
saw, sawe, saugh, sow, sa, sough, sau, sah, sao, saa, tsao, saue, saah, siao, see, say, sea, so, sigh, c, sue, sew, se, soy, sy, si, su, cy, cee, soo, sie, sou, ssy, sey, sai, sae, psi, suh, sci, psy, sioux, soe, ssa, cie, cey, sux, ciy, soi, sye, psa, tso, seh, seay, sei, tsai, tse, sih, tsy, siy, sewe, saj, sso, seigh, saye, soh, scy, c., scee, ciw, pssa, ssi, suu, seye, seau, seu, cye, siew, sej, psu, suy, pso, psoe, sii, suw, cei, -cy, saie, -sy, ssie, ssu, c.e, hso, seie, sogh, syi, c.t, tsoi, cih, tsou, xaw.