- 1[intransitive, transitive] to use a saw to cut something The workmen sawed and hammered all day. + adv./prep. He accidentally sawed through a cable. saw something (+ adv./prep.) She sawed the plank in half.
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- 2[intransitive, transitive] saw (away) (at something) saw something to move something backward and forward on something as if using a saw She sawed away at her violin. He was sawing energetically at a loaf of bread. Phrasal Verbssaw downsaw offsaw up
saw
verbNAmE//sɔ//
Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they saw he / she / it saws
past simple sawed
past participle sawn
(North American English also) past participle sawed
-ing form sawing
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