saw´like´

saw´like´
saw1 «s», noun, verb, sawed, sawed or sawn, saw|ing.
–n.
1. a tool for cutting, made of a thin blade with sharp teeth on the edge: »

Workmen use saws to cut wood, stone, metal, plastics, and other material (Arthur C. Ansley).

2. a machine with such a tool for cutting.
3. a tool without teeth that wears its way, as through stone.
–v.t.
1. to cut with a saw: »

The man sawed wood for the fireplace.

2. to make with a saw: »

Boards are sawed from logs.

3. Figurative: »

Do not saw the air too much with your hand (Shakespeare).

4. to work (something) from side to side like a saw.
–v.i.
1. to use a saw: »

Can you saw straight?

2. to be sawed: »

Pine wood saws more easily than oak.

3. Figurative. to cut as a saw does.
╂[Old English sagu, saga]
–saw´er, noun.
–saw´like´, adjective.
saw2 «s», verb.
the past tense of see1: »

I saw a robin yesterday.

saw3 «s», noun.
a wise saying; proverb: »

“A stitch in time saves nine” is a familiar saw. It is an old Wall Street saw that “the market never discounts anything twice” (Newsweek).

 SYNONYM(S): maxim, adage.
╂[Old English sagu, related to secgan to say]

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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