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Pronunciation
(Received Pronunciation|UK) AHD|sô, IPA|/s��/, SAMPA|/sO:/
:Homophones: (in non-rhotic accents): soar, sore
(General American|US) AHD|sô, IPA|/s��/, SAMPA|/sO:/
audio|en-us-saw.ogg|Audio (US)
Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-��|-��

Etymology 1
Image:Crosscut saw.JPG|thumb|right|400 px|A saw (1).
OE. saga#Old English|saga. Cognate with Dutch zaag.

Noun
wikipedia
en-noun

1. A tool with a toothed blade used for cutting hard substances, in particular wood or metal
2. A musical saw.

Derived terms
top2
backsaw
band saw
chainsaw
chop saw
circular saw
coping saw
crosscut saw
hacksaw
handsaw
mid2
Japanese-style handsaw
jigsaw
miter saw, mitre saw
power saw
razor-tooth saw
reciprocating saw
rip saw
sawbones
sawtooth
scroll saw
table saw

Translations
trans-top|tool
Arabic: ARchar|��شار IPAchar|(minšár) m
Catalan: serra f :ca:serra|^
Chinese: ��, �� (jùz�)
Czech: pila f
Dutch: zaag f
Finnish: saha
French: scie f
German: Säge f :de:Säge|^
Hungarian: fűrész
Icelandic: sög f
Italian: sega f
Japanese: � (����, nokogiri)
Korean: � (top)
Kurdish: mi�ar f
trans-mid
Latin: serra
Latvian: z�ģis m
Maltese: serrieq m, sega f
Persian: FAchar|ار� (arreh)
Polish: pi�a f
Portuguese: serra f
Romanian: fer�str�u n
Russian: пила (pilá) f
Slovene: žaga f
Spanish: sierra f
Swedish: såg c
Telugu: ర�పమ� (raMpamu)
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musical saw
See musical saw

Verb
en-verb|saws|sawing|sawed|sawed or sawn

1. transitive To cut (something) with a saw.
2. intransitive To make a motion back and forth similar to cutting something with a saw.

#:The fiddler sawed away at his instrument.

Translations
trans-top|cut with a saw
Dutch: zagen
Finnish: sahata
French: scier
German: sägen
Italian: segare
Korean: �� (kyeoda), �� (sseolda)
Kurdish: mi�ar kirin, bi mi�arê birrîn
trans-mid
Latin: serrare
Latvian: z�ģ�t
Persian: FAchar|ار� �رد� (arreh kardan)
Portuguese: serrar
Russian: пили�� (pilít�) impf.
Slovene: žagati
Spanish: serrar
Swedish: såga
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trans-top|make a motion back and forth as with a saw
Finnish: sahata
trans-mid
Korean: �� (kyeoda) (e.g.: violin)
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Etymology 2
OE. sagu. Cognate with German Sage. Compare saga.

Noun
en-noun

1. (often old saw) A saying or proverb.

Translations
trans-top|saying or proverb
French: proverbe m
German: Spruch m, Sprichwort n
Italian: adagio m
trans-mid
Kurdish: pend f, gotinên pê�iyan|gotina pê�iyan f
Portuguese: provérbio m
Spanish: proverbio m
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Etymology 3
See see.

Verb
saw

1. simple past of|see

Anagrams

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Kurdish

Noun
saw

1. terror
2. horror

Category:Kurdish language

Scots

Verb
saw

1. South Scots simple past of|sei|lang=Socts

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