saw
To cut with a sawTo cut (something) with a saw.
» I saw him sawing a tree.
Я видел, как он спиливал дерево.
Meaning
4 senses(transitive)To cut (something) with a saw.
cut with a saw
(intransitive)To make a motion back and forth similar to cutting something with a saw.
(intransitive)To be cut with a saw.
The timber saws smoothly.
sägen
пили́тьpilítʹ
(transitive)To form or produce (something) by cutting with a saw.
to saw boards or planks (i.e. to saw logs or timber into boards or planks)
to saw shingles
Examples
33 sentencesI saw him sawing a tree.
ruЯ видел, как он спиливал дерево.
This store doesn't sell chain saws.
deIn diesem Laden gibt es keine Kettensägen.
It's the equivalent of sawing off the branch you're sitting on.
ruЭто всё равно что пилить сук, на котором сидишь.
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
7 languagesBy meaning 1
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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”).
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Forms
saws, sawing, sawed, sawedWord family
5 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle