Meaning

1 senses

  1. To cut with a hacksaw.

    This bolt is so rusted I'll have to hacksaw it off.

Examples

12 sentences

  1. I cut myself with a hacksaw.

    ruЯ порезался ножовкой. — AntonKhorev

    deIch habe mich mit einer Eisensäge geschnitten. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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  2. I need to buy a hacksaw.

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  3. I need a hacksaw to finish this job.

    ruЧтобы закончить эту работу, мне нужна ножовка по металлу. — marafon

    deIch brauche eine Eisensäge, um hiermit fertig zu werden. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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  4. Tom asked Mary if he could borrow a hacksaw.

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  5. The guards found a hacksaw blade in the prisoner's pocket.

    deDie Wachmänner fanden in der Tasche des Häftlings das Blatt einer Eisensäge. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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Origin

From hack + saw. Attested since 1867.

From hack + saw. Attested since 1867.

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Forms

hacksaws, hacksawing, hacksawed, hacksawed
Base formhacksaw · to hacksaw
3rd person singularhacksaws
Present participlehacksawing
Past simplehacksawed
Past participlehacksawed / hacksawn

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyhacksaw
he, she, ithacksaws

Past simpleLesson

all personshacksawed

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave hacksawed
he, she, ithas hacksawed

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill hacksaw

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
hackerhackneyhaddockhadehadron
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