Sawn

Word SAWN
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Definitions and meanings of "Sawn"

What do we mean by sawn?

A past participle of saw. noun

Past participle of saw verb

To cut (something) with a saw.

To make a motion back and forth similar to cutting something with a saw.

To be cut with a saw.

To form or produce (something) by cutting with a saw.

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The word "sawn" in example sentences

The sawn wood is called sawn timber which, depending on the different size and shape, is classified in the types of sawn timber as per table ❋ Rolf Jakoby (1993)

But in Coleman prison, he was surrounded by 1,000 hardened inmates, most of them convicted of drug trafficking or possession of illegal weapons, such as sawn-off shotguns, pistols equipped with silencers and machine-guns mounted on tripods. ❋ George Tombs (2010)

One officer in a Colonial corps who spoke freely about them, told me he had 'sawn' them in half and found the cavities, but the method of investigation he had employed seemed against the presence of any fulminant in the body of the bullets. ❋ George Henry Makins (N/A)

The measures will potentially impact all illegal timber goods, such as sawn timber, wood panels, composite products, wooden furniture, as well as pulp and paper items. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Us old folk would be most happy to go to the flicks at ‘nite’ and not wish having a sten loaded to keep the baying hyenas at distance, I would rather have sawn off 12 ga then I could say I be ‘untin’ rats. ❋ Inspector Gadget (2009)

As the head was sawn off and the field-dressing of the carcass got underway, the little ones and teens hung back. ❋ Stephanie Woodard (2011)

Well one year it got a little out of hand and the ladder to my grandfathers tree stand was partially sawn through. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The Javan rhino was declared extinct in Vietnam in October after the last one was found dead with a bullet in its leg and its horn sawn off. ❋ Unknown (2012)

Those nations went way out on a limb to OK the missile defense system, and now Obama has sawn off the limb. ❋ Unknown (2009)

He also used industrial materials like steel and rough sawn oak that was taken directly from a sawmill before being polished. ❋ Maya Pope-Chappell (2011)

Bird fired 54 rounds of ammunition during his rampage, 23 rounds from his .22 rifle and 31 from the sawn-off shotgun. ❋ Martin Wainwright (2010)

Daniella Zalcman for The Wall Street Journal The woodwork, which is original to the home, took five months to restore and includes African cherry, quarter-sawn oak, birds-eye maple and mahogany. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The dining room table, pictured here, was made of the same rough sawn oak used for the floors. ❋ Unknown (2011)

"When we first entered the property Mr. Dotcom was not overly co-operative and in fact fled into what can best be described as a safe house, or a safe room and it took us some time to get through the security measures that were in place and he was subsequently found in that safe room with a loaded shot gun resembling a sawn off shotgun." ❋ Lucy Craymer (2012)

Rayon Richards for The Wall Street Journal Mr. Bartels used industrial materials like steel and rough sawn oak taken directly from a sawmill. ❋ Unknown (2011)

U.S. officials described the wood as "sawn timber" and said Madagascar officials were "defrauded" by a local exporter about the nature of the product. ❋ James R. Hagerty (2011)

The other night I noticed how my sense of smell has really increased lately, so much so that when I was walking past buildings last night I could smell sawn timber coming from one, dampness coming from the next etc etc. ❋ Unknown (2010)

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