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saw
/sɔː/
noun
A tool with a toothed blade used for cutting hard substances, in particular wood or metal
A musical saw.
A sawtooth wave.
verb
To cut (something) with a saw.
"They were stoned, they were sawn asunder, were tempted, were slain with the sword: they wandered about in sheepskins and goatskins; being destitute, afflicted, tormented;"
To make a motion back and forth similar to cutting something with a saw.
"The fiddler sawed away at his instrument."
To be cut with a saw.
"The timber saws smoothly."
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