Associations to the word «Saw»

SAW, noun. A tool with a toothed blade used for cutting hard substances, in particular wood or metal

SAW, noun. A musical saw.

SAW, noun. A sawtooth wave.

SAW, verb. (transitive) To cut (something) with a saw.

SAW, verb. (intransitive) To make a motion back and forth similar to cutting something with a saw.

SAW, verb. (intransitive) To be cut with a saw.

SAW, verb. (transitive) To form or produce (something) by cutting with a saw.

SAW, noun. (obsolete) Something spoken; speech, discourse.

SAW, noun. (often old saw) A saying or proverb.

SAW, noun. (obsolete) Opinion, idea, belief; by thy ~, in your opinion; commune ~, common opinion; common knowledge; on no ~, by no means.

SAW, noun. (obsolete) Proposal, suggestion; possibility.

SAW, noun. (obsolete) Dictate; command; decree.

SAW, verb. Simple past tense of see

SAW, noun. (military) (US) A squad automatic weapon or section automatic weapon, a kind of light machine gun.

SAW, noun. (slang) (African American Vernacular English) A Bahamian.

SAW BUCK, noun. Alternative form of sawbuck

SAW BUCKS, noun. Plural of saw buck

SAW DOCTOR, noun. A person who specialises in the servicing of saws and saw blades

SAW FILE, noun. A three-cornered file, such as is used for sharpening saw teeth.

SAW FIT, verb. Simple past tense and past participle of see fit

SAW GIN, noun. A form of cotton gin in which the cotton fibres are drawn, by the teeth of a set of revolving circular saws, through a wire grating which is too fine for the seeds to pass through.

SAW GOURDS, verb. (chiefly late–nineteenth-century US slang) (intransitive) To snore very loudly.

SAW GRASS, noun. Alternative spelling of sawgrass

SAW GRASSES, noun. Plural of saw grass (alternative spelling of sawgrasses).

SAW IN, verb. Simple past tense of see in

SAW LOG, noun. A log of suitable size for sawing into lumber.

SAW LOGS, verb. To sleep.

SAW OFF, verb. To cut off with a saw

SAW OFF, verb. Simple past tense of see off

SAW PALMETTO, noun. A sprawling-stemmed spiny-leaved dwarf palm (Serenoa repens) forming large colonies, especially by sprouting, native to Florida and the coastal plains of other southeastern states of the United States.

SAW SAM SAI, noun. A traditional bowed string instrument of Thailand. Its body is made from a special type of coconut covered on one end with animal skin, and it has three silk strings.

SAW SET, noun. A device used to sharpen the teeth of a hand saw and adjust their set (the amount each tooth protrudes to the side of the saw to create the kerf).

SAW SETS, noun. Plural of saw set

SAW SOMEONE RIGHT, verb. Present participle of see someone right

SAW THE ELEPHANT, verb. Simple past tense and past participle of see the elephant

SAW THE FOREST FOR THE TREES, verb. Simple past tense of see the forest for the trees

SAW THE POINT, verb. Simple past tense of see the point

SAW THROUGH, verb. Simple past tense of see through

SAW TOOTH, adjective. Shaped like a saw tooth.

SAW TOOTH, adjective. (mathematics) (engineering) Describing a function or waveform that consists of repeated triangular transitions when graphed.

SAW TOOTH, noun. A cutting bit of a saw.

SAW WOOD, verb. (idiomatic) To snore loudly.

SAW WREST, noun. A saw set.

SAW WRESTS, noun. Plural of saw wrest

SAW, noun. A condensed but memorable saying embodying some important fact of experience that is taken as true by many people.

SAW, noun. Hand tool having a toothed blade for cutting.

SAW, noun. A power tool for cutting wood.

SAW, verb. Cut with a saw; "saw wood for the fireplace".