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NOUN:
Any of various tools, either hand-operated or power-driven, having a thin metal blade or disk with a sharp, usually toothed edge, used for cutting wood, metal, or other hard materials.
VERB:
sawed, sawed or sawn  (sôn) KEY , saw·ing, saws
VERB:
tr.
  1. To cut or divide with a saw.
  2. To produce or shape with a saw: sawed a hole in the board.
  3. To make back-and-forth motions through or on: a speaker who saws the air with his arms.
VERB:
intr.
  1. To use a saw: sawing along the chalk line.
  2. To undergo cutting with a saw: Pine wood saws easily.
ETYMOLOGY:
Middle English sawe, from Old English sagu; see sek- in Indo-European roots

OTHER FORMS:
sawer(Noun)



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