saw
A tool used for cutting hard substances, in particular wood or metalA tool used for cutting hard substances, in particular wood or metal.: Such a tool with a toothed blade.
» I saw him sawing a tree.
Я видел, как он спиливал дерево.
Meaning
10 sensesA tool used for cutting hard substances, in particular wood or metal.
(usually)Such a tool with a toothed blade.
Meronyms: sawtooth < sawblade
Säge
пила́pilá
пила́pylá, пи́лкаpýlka
hand tool having a toothed blade for cutting
(sometimes)Such a tool with an abrasive coating instead of teeth.
A musical saw.
A sawtooth wave.
The situation where two partners agree to trump a suit alternately, playing that suit to each other for the express purpose.
(obsolete)Something spoken; speech, discourse.
(archaic)A saying or proverb.
old saw
Spruch, Sprichwort
посло́вицаposlóvica, погово́ркаpogovórka
(obsolete)Opinion, idea, belief.
by thy saw
commune saw
(obsolete)Proposal, suggestion; possibility.
c. 1350-1400, unknown, The Erl of Toulous All they assentyd to the sawe; They thoght he spake reson and lawe.
(obsolete)Dictate; command; decree.
Examples
33 sentencesI saw him sawing a tree.
ruЯ видел, как он спиливал дерево. — odexed
This store doesn't sell chain saws.
deIn diesem Laden gibt es keine Kettensägen. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
It's the equivalent of sawing off the branch you're sitting on.
ruЭто всё равно что пилить сук, на котором сидишь. — marafon
That would be like sawing off the branch you're sitting on.
It's just like sawing off the branch that you're sitting on.
Translations
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Origin
The noun from Middle English sawe, sawgh, from Old English saga, sagu (“saw”), from Proto-The noun from Middle English sawe, sawgh, from Old English saga, sagu (“saw”), from Proto-West Germanic *sagu, from Proto-Germanic *sagô, *sagō (“saw”), from Proto-Indo-European *sek- (“to cut”).
From Middle English sawe, from Old English sagu, saga (“story, tale, saying, statement, report, narrative, tradition”), from Proto-West Germanic *sagā, from Proto-Germanic *sagō, *sagǭ (“saying, story”), from Proto-Indo-European *sekʷe-, *skʷē-, from *sekʷ- (“to say”).
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