Saw | Mean of saw in English Dictionary

• Noun
• a tool that has a blade with sharp teeth and that is used to cut through wood, metal, and other hard material
1. a power saw
• Verb
• to cut or shape (wood, metal, etc.) with a saw
1. He sawed the boards in half.
2. This blade is too dull for sawing.
• to try to cut (something) by moving a saw, knife, etc., backwards and forwards
1. She was sawing (away) at the turkey with a dull knife.
2. The violinist sawed (away) at the strings.

• to cut (something) with a saw and bring it to the ground
1. The trees were sawed down.
• to remove (something) by cutting it with a saw
1. She sawed off the branch.
• to cut (something) into pieces with a saw
1. He sawed up the boards into foot-long pieces.
• Noun
• a common saying
1. His grandfather recited the old saw about an apple a day keeping the doctor away.