saw
/sɔː/ · saw
noun
- A tool with a toothed blade used for cutting hard substances, in particular wood or metal. She used a saw to cut through the thick tree trunk.
- A musical saw. The musician played a haunting melody on the saw.
- A sawtooth wave. The audio engineer used a sawtooth wave to create a distinctive sound effect.
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.
Did you know? The saw is one of the oldest tools known to humans, with evidence of its use dating back to the Stone Age.