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Word: Saw
Speech Type: Noun
Old English saga, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch zaag
sɔː
a hand tool for cutting wood or other hard materials, typically with a long, thin serrated blade and operated using a backwards and forwards movement.
Short Definition:hand tool for cutting wood or other hard materials thin serrated blade
Word: Saw
Speech Type: Verb
sɔː
cut (something) using a saw
Short Definition:cut something using saw
Examples:- the top of each post is sawn off at railing height
- thieves escaped after sawing through iron bars on a window
make rapid to-and-fro motions in cutting something or in playing a stringed instrument
Short Definition:make rapid sawlike motions in cutting, or in playing stringed instrument
Examples:- he was sawing away energetically at the loaf
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