saw
verb/sɔː/
/sɔː/
Verb Forms
Phrasal Verbs| present simple I / you / we / they saw | /sɔː/ /sɔː/ |
| he / she / it saws | /sɔːz/ /sɔːz/ |
| past simple sawed | /sɔːd/ /sɔːd/ |
| past participle sawn | /sɔːn/ /sɔːn/ |
| (North American English also) past participle sawed | /sɔːd/ /sɔːd/ |
| -ing form sawing | /ˈsɔːɪŋ/ /ˈsɔːɪŋ/ |
- [intransitive, transitive] to use a saw to cut something
- The workmen sawed and hammered all day.
- + adv./prep. He accidentally sawed through a cable.
- saw something (+ adv./prep.) She sawed the plank in half.
Extra Examples- She was still sawing away in the yard.
- He took out his pocket knife and sawed at the bolt.
- He was sawing through the trunk of the tree.
- [intransitive, transitive] saw (away) (at something) | saw something to move something backwards and forwards on something as if using a saw
- She sawed away at her violin.
- He was sawing energetically at a loaf of bread.
- past tense of see
Word Originverb Old English saga, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch zaag.
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