Saw
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English
Pronunciation
- (British) sô, /sɔː/, /sO:/
- Homophones: soar, sore
- (US) sä, /sɑː/, /sA:/
Noun
saw (plural: saws)
- A tool with a toothed blade used for cutting hard substances, in particular wood or metal
- musical saw: a musical instrument consisting of a thin sheet of metal, usually played with a bow. See w:Musical saw
- A saying or proverb. (Often old saw)
Types of Saws (sence 1)
- hand saw
- backsaw
- Japanese style hand saws
- rip saw
- crosscut saw
- table saw
- razor-tooth saw
- circular saw
- chop saw, miter saw
- reciprocating saw
- band saw
- hacksaw
- coping saw
- jigsaw
- scroll saw
- chainsaw
Translations
- Dutch: zaag f (1)
- Finnish: saha (1, 2)
- French: scie f (1), proverbe m (3)
- German: Säge f (1), Spruch m (3), Sprichwort n (3)
- Italian: sega f (1), proverbio m (3)
- Persian: اره (arreh) (1)
- Portuguese: serra f (1)
- Romanian: ferăstrău n (1)
- Romanica: serra f (1), proverbio m (3)
- Spanish: sierra f (1), proverbio m (3)
- Swedish: såg c (1)
Verb
saw
- Past tense of to see
Translations
- Dutch: zag, zagen
- French: voyais, voyait, voyions, voyiez, voyaient (and all the passé simples that I don't know)
- German: sah, sahen
- Esperanto: vidis
- Italian: vedevo, vedevi, vedeva, vedevamo, vedevete, vedevono
- Persian: دید (did)
- Portuguese:
- (Preterite): vi, viste, viu, vimos, vistes, viram
- Romanian: văzut
- Romanica:
- (Preterite): videi, videsti, videt, videmmos, videstes, videron
- (Imperfect): videva, videvas, videvamos, videvate, videvan
- Spanish:
- (Preterite): ví, viste, vió, vimos, visteis, vieron
- (Imperfect): veía, veías, veíamos, veíais, veían
- Swedish: såg
Transitive verb
to saw
- To cut with a saw.
Translations
- Dutch: zagen
- Finnish: sahata
- French: scier
- German: sägen
- Italian: segare
- Persian: اره كردن (arreh kardan)
- Romanica: curtar
- Spanish: cortar
- Swedish: såga
Intransitive verb
to saw
- To make a motion similar to cutting something with a saw. (The fiddler sawed away at his instrument.)
Translations
- Finnish: sahata