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Meaning
Noun
●
A
tool
with a
toothed
blade
used for
cutting
hard
substances
,
in particular
wood
or metal.
Such a
tool
with an
abrasive
coating
instead of
teeth.
●
A
musical
saw.
●
A
sawtooth
wave.
●
The
situation
where two
partners
agree
to
trump
a
suit
alternately
,
playing
that
suit
to
each other
for the
express
purpose.
●
Something spoken;
speech
, discourse.
●
A
saying
or proverb.
●
Opinion,
idea
, belief.
●
Proposal,
suggestion
; possibility.
●
Dictate;
command
; decree.
●
In American English & Military:
A
squad automatic weapon
or
section automatic weapon
, a
kind of
light
machine
gun.
●
In Physics:
Initialism of
surface
acoustic
wave.
●
In African-American Vernacular English:
A Bahamian.
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.
●
simple past
of see
●
past participle
of see
*
Intj
●
In Islam:
صَلَّى اللّٰهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ (ṣallā llāhu ʕalayhi wa-sallama, “peace be upon him”)
Name
●
A surname.
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Origin
saw
English
sawe
Middle English (1100-1500)
sagu
Old English (ca. 450-1100)
Sourced from
Etym
Related
Watched
Witnessed
Cutter
Cut
Blade
Drill
Showed
Knew
Knife
Did
Blades
Got
Grinder
Razor
Thought
Cutting
Chisel
Noticed
Machine
Sander
Lathe
Scissors
Screw
Brush
Clipper
Screwdriver
Trimmer
Rod
Spoke
Mower
Shaft
Guitar
Miter
View
Wrote
Hammer
Milling Machine
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Rhymes
T4
Aw
Waw
Yaw
Paw
Saw
Maw
Awe
Caw
Raw
Tau
Daw
Jaw
Haw
Law
Faw
Gnaw
Flaw
Draw
Claw
Slaw
Shaw
Plaw
Thaw
Chaw
Craw
Macaw
Squaw
Fough
Faugh
Baugh
Begnaw
Guffaw
Mcgraw
Bedraw
Overawe
Withdraw
Shock And Awe
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