Meaning

1 senses

  1. To cut something using a jigsaw.

Examples

14 sentences

  1. This jigsaw puzzle is missing a few pieces.

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  2. This jigsaw puzzle has a few missing pieces.

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  3. Tom and Mary spent the weekend working on a jigsaw puzzle.

    deTom und Mary verbrachten das Wochenende damit, ein Puzzle zu machen. — Ramona

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  4. I bought a new jigsaw puzzle.

    deIch habe ein neues Puzzle gekauft. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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  5. Tom completed the jigsaw puzzle.

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Origin

From jig + saw.

From jig + saw.

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Forms

jigsaws, jigsawing, jigsawed, jigsawed
Base formjigsaw · to jigsaw
3rd person singularjigsaws
Present participlejigsawing
Past simplejigsawed
Past participlejigsawed / jigsawn

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyjigsaw
he, she, itjigsaws

Past simpleLesson

all personsjigsawed

Present perfectLesson

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

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill jigsaw

Word family

1 related words
Relatedreciprocating saw

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
jigjigglejihadjihadist

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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