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- [saw]
- /sɔ/
- /ˈsɔː/
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- [saw]
- /sɔ/
Definitions of saw word
- noun saw a sententious saying; maxim; proverb: He could muster an old saw for every occasion. 1
- verb with object saw to perceive with the eyes; look at. 1
- verb with object saw to view; visit or attend as a spectator: to see a play. 1
- verb with object saw to perceive by means of computer vision. 1
- verb with object saw to scan or view, especially by electronic means: The satellite can see the entire southern half of the country. 1
- verb with object saw to perceive (things) mentally; discern; understand: to see the point of an argument. 1
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Origin of saw
First appearance:
before 1000 One of the 6% oldest English words
before 1000; (noun) Middle English sawe, Old English saga, *sagu; cognate with Dutch zaag, Old Norse sǫg; akin to German Säge saw, Latin secāre to cut (see section), Old English seax knife, sax2; (v.) Middle English sawen, derivative of the noun
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Parts of speech for Saw
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
saw popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 100% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
saw usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for saw
noun saw
- adage — An adage is something which people often say and which expresses a general truth about some aspect of life.
- aphorism — An aphorism is a short witty sentence which expresses a general truth or comment.
- apophthegm — a short cryptic remark containing some general or generally accepted truth; maxim
- banality — the condition or quality of being banal, or devoid of freshness or originality: the banality of everyday life.
- boiler — A boiler is a device which burns gas, oil, electricity, or coal in order to provide hot water, especially for the central heating in a building.
verb saw
- chine — the backbone
- chining — the backbone or spine, especially of an animal.
- cut — If you cut something, you use a knife or a similar tool to divide it into pieces, or to mark it or damage it. If you cut a shape or a hole in something, you make the shape or hole by using a knife or similar tool.
- dicing — gambling or playing with dice.
- faceted — one of the small, polished plane surfaces of a cut gem.
adj saw
- denticulate — very finely toothed
- invisible — not visible; not perceptible by the eye: invisible fluid.
adjective saw
- wraithlike — an apparition of a living person supposed to portend his or her death.
Antonyms for saw
adj saw
- discoverable — to see, get knowledge of, learn of, find, or find out; gain sight or knowledge of (something previously unseen or unknown): to discover America; to discover electricity. Synonyms: detect, espy, descry, discern, ascertain, unearth, ferret out, notice.
- in sight — an instance of apprehending the true nature of a thing, especially through intuitive understanding: an insight into 18th-century life.
- in view — an instance of seeing or beholding; visual inspection.
- visible — that can be seen; perceptible to the eye: mountains visible in the distance.
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