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   saw

   /sɔː/

   noun

   • 1. a hand tool for cutting wood or other hard materials, typically with a long, thin serrated blade and operated using a backwards and forwards movement.
   • ▪ a mechanical power-driven tool for cutting which has a toothed rotating disc or moving band.
   • ▪ a serrated organ or part, such as the toothed snout of a sawfish.

   verb

   • 1. cut (something) using a saw: "the top of each post is sawn off at railing height"
   • ▪ make or form (something) using a saw: "the seats are sawn from well-seasoned elm planks"
   • ▪ cut (something) as if with a saw, especially roughly or so as to leave rough or unfinished edges: "the woman sawed off all my lovely hair"
   • 2. make rapid to-and-fro motions in cutting something or in playing a stringed instrument: "he was sawing away energetically at the loaf"

   Word Origin Old Englishsaga, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch zaag.

   Derivatives

   • 1. sawlike adjective

   Scrabble Points: 6

   • S

     1

   • A

     1

   • W

     4

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