saw
English[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Received Pronunciation) enPR: sô, IPA(key): /ˈsɔː/
- Homophones: (in some non-rhotic accents): soar, sore
- Rhymes: -ɔː
- (US) enPR: sô, IPA(key): /ˈsɔ/
- (US, intrusive r, New England) IPA(key): [ˈsɔɹ]
- (cot–caught merger) enPR: sä, IPA(key): /ˈsɑː/
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Etymology 1[edit]
The noun from Middle English sawe, sawgh, from Old English saga, sagu (“saw”), from Proto-West Germanic *sagu, from Proto-Germanic *sagô, *sagō (“saw”), from Proto-Indo-European *sek- (“to cut”).
Cognate with West Frisian seage (“saw”), Dutch zaag (“saw”), German Säge (“saw”), Danish sav (“saw”), Swedish såg (“saw”), Icelandic sög (“saw”), and through Indo-European, with Latin secō (“cut”) and Italian sega (“saw”).
The verb from Middle English sawen, from the noun above.
Noun[edit]
saw (plural saws)
- A tool with a toothed blade used for cutting hard substances, in particular wood or metal.
- A musical saw.
- A sawtooth wave.
Hyponyms[edit]
- backsaw
- band saw, bandsaw
- bone saw, bonesaw
- bucksaw
- buzz saw
- chainsaw
- chop saw
- circular saw
- cold saw
- concrete saw, consaw
- coping saw
- crosscut saw
- crown saw
- diamond saw
- fretsaw
- hacksaw
- handsaw
- hole saw
- jigsaw, jig saw
- miter saw, mitre saw
- power saw
- pull saw (e.g., Japanese saw)
- radial arm saw
- radial saw
- razor-tooth saw
- reciprocating saw
- rift saw
- rip saw
- rotary saw
- sabre saw
- sawzall
- Sawzall
- scroll saw
- table saw
- tenon saw
- wire saw
Derived terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
- Sranan Tongo: sa
Translations[edit]
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Verb[edit]
saw (third-person singular simple present saws, present participle sawing, simple past sawed, past participle sawed or sawn)
- (transitive) To cut (something) with a saw.
- 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], OCLC 964384981, Hebrews 11:37:
- They were stoned, they were sawen asunder, were tempted, were slaine with the sword: they wandered about in sheepskinnes, and goat skins, being destitute, afflicted, tormented.
- (intransitive) To make a motion back and forth similar to cutting something with a saw.
- 1835, James Hogg, The Story of Euphemia Hewit
- He said he was sometimes whistling a tune to himself — for, like me, he sawed a good deal on the fiddle; […]
- 1835, James Hogg, The Story of Euphemia Hewit
- (intransitive) To be cut with a saw.
- The timber saws smoothly.
- (transitive) To form or produce (something) by cutting with a saw.
- to saw boards or planks (i.e. to saw logs or timber into boards or planks)
- to saw shingles
- to saw out a panel
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Etymology 2[edit]
From Middle English sawe, from Old English sagu, saga (“story, tale, saying, statement, report, narrative, tradition”), from Proto-West Germanic *sagā, from Proto-Germanic *sagō, *sagǭ (“saying, story”), from Proto-Indo-European *sekʷe-, *skʷē-, from *sekʷ- (“to say”).
Cognate with Dutch sage (“saga”), German Sage (“legend, saga, tale, fable”), Danish sagn (“legend”), Norwegian soga (“story”), Icelandic saga (“story, tale, history”). More at saga, say. Doublet of saga.
Noun[edit]
saw (plural saws)
- (obsolete) Something spoken; speech, discourse.
- 1470–1485 (date produced), Thomas Malory, “(please specify the chapter)”, in [Le Morte Darthur], book V, [London: […] by William Caxton], published 31 July 1485, OCLC 71490786; republished as H[einrich] Oskar Sommer, editor, Le Morte Darthur […], London: David Nutt, […], 1889, OCLC 890162034:
- And for thy trew sawys, and I may lyve many wynters, there was never no knyght better rewardid […].
- (please add an English translation of this quote)
- And for your true discourses, and I may live many winters, there was never no knight better rewarded […].
- (archaic) A saying or proverb.
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:saying
- c. 1598–1600 (date written), William Shakespeare, “As You Like It”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, [Act II, scene vii], lines 152-5:
- 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.
- 1902, Charles Robert Ashbee, Masque of the Edwards of England, page 8.
- At his crowning […] the priest in his honour preached on the saw, 'Vox populi, vox Dei.'
- 2017, Andrew Marantz, "Becoming Steve Bannon's Bannon", The New Yorker, Feb 13&20 ed.
- There’s an old saw about Washington, D.C., that staffers in their twenties know more about the minutiae of government than their bosses do.
- (obsolete) Opinion, idea, belief.
- by thy saw ― in your opinion
- commune saw ― common opinion/knowledge
- on no saw ― by no means
- (obsolete) Proposal, suggestion; possibility.
- c. 1350-1400, unknown, The Erl of Toulous
- All they assentyd to the sawe; They thoght he spake reson and lawe.
- c. 1350-1400, unknown, The Erl of Toulous
- (obsolete) Dictate; command; decree.
- 1595, Ed. Spencer [i.e., Edmund Spenser], “Colin Clouts Come Home Againe”, in Colin Clouts Come Home Againe, London: […] T[homas] C[reede] for William Ponsonbie, OCLC 1125540005:
- [Love] rules the creatures by his powerful saw.
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Etymology 3[edit]
Verb[edit]
saw
- simple past tense of see
- (colloquial, nonstandard) past participle of see
- 1907, Report of the Special Committee of Investigation of the Government Hospital for the Insane[1], Govrnment Printing Office, page 297:
- Mr. Harbaugh. All instances that I have saw.
Anagrams[edit]
Atong (India)[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
saw (Bengali script সাৱ)
Khasi[edit]
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Cardinal : saw | ||
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Khasian *saːw, an innovation of the Khasian branch. Cognate with Pnar soo.
Numeral[edit]
saw
Middle English[edit]
Noun[edit]
saw
- saw
- 1387, Ranulf Higden, John of Trevisa (translator), Polychronicon
- Þe more comoun sawe is þat Remus was i-slawe for he leep ouer þe newe walles of Rome.
- The more common opinion is that Remus was slain for he lept over the new walls of Rome.
- Þe more comoun sawe is þat Remus was i-slawe for he leep ouer þe newe walles of Rome.
- 1387, Ranulf Higden, John of Trevisa (translator), Polychronicon
Northern Kurdish[edit]
Noun[edit]
saw ?
Scots[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Doric and most Southern Scots dialects) IPA(key): /sa/
- (Central and some Southern Scots dialects) IPA(key): /sɔ/
Etymology 1[edit]
Verb[edit]
saw
- (South Scots) simple past tense of sei
- (Northern and Central) simple past tense of see
Etymology 2[edit]
Noun[edit]
saw (plural saws)
- A salve.
Zhuang[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Standard Zhuang) IPA(key): /θaɯ˨˦/
- Tone numbers: saw1
- Hyphenation: saw
Etymology 1[edit]
From Proto-Tai *sɯːᴬ (“writing; book”), from Middle Chinese 書 (MC ɕɨʌ, “writing; book”). Cognate with Lao ສື (sư̄), Thai สือ (sʉ̌ʉ).
Alternative forms[edit]
Noun[edit]
saw (Sawndip forms 𭨡 or 字 or 𰗂 or 𭓙, 1957–1982 spelling səɯ)
Derived terms[edit]
Etymology 2[edit]
From Proto-Tai *saɰᴬ (“clear; clean”). Cognate with Thai ใส (sǎi), Northern Thai ᩈᩲ, Isan ใส, Lao ໃສ (sai), Lü ᦺᦉ (ṡay), Tai Dam ꪻꪎ, Shan သႂ် (sǎue), Tai Nüa ᥔᥬᥴ (sáue), Ahom 𑜏𑜧 (saw) or 𑜏𑜧𑜤 (sawu).
Adjective[edit]
saw (Sawndip forms 𰝓 or 𢙣 or 㳏, 1957–1982 spelling səɯ)
Etymology 3[edit]
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “from 輸?”)
Verb[edit]
saw (Sawndip forms 𰷙 or 賒, 1957–1982 spelling səɯ)
- to lose
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