Thesaurus: saw

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1. imp. of See.
2. v. t. Something said; speech; discourse.
3. v. t. A saying; a proverb; a maxim.
4. v. t. Dictate; command; decree.
5. n. An instrument for cutting or dividing substances, as wood, iron, etc., consisting of a thin blade, or plate, of steel, with a series of sharp teeth on the edge, which remove successive portions of the material by cutting and tearing.
6. v. t. To cut with a saw; to separate with a saw; as, to saw timber or marble.
7. v. t. To form by cutting with a saw; as, to saw boards or planks, that is, to saw logs or timber into boards or planks; to saw shingles; to saw out a panel.
8. v. t. Also used figuratively; as, to saw the air.
9. v. i. To use a saw; to practice sawing; as, a man saws well.
10. v. i. To cut, as a saw; as, the saw or mill saws fast.
11. v. i. To be cut with a saw; as, the timber saws smoothly.
12. imp. of See