saw
noun
[ sɔː ]
• 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.
saw
verb
• cut (something) using a saw.
• "the top of each post is sawn off at railing height"
• make rapid to-and-fro motions in cutting something or in playing a stringed instrument.
• "he was sawing away energetically at the loaf"
Origin:
Old English saga, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch zaag .
saw
verb
• past of see1.
saw
noun
• a proverb or maxim.
• "it is worth bearing in mind another old saw : ‘oppositions do not win elections; governments lose them’"
Similar:
saying,
maxim,
proverb,
aphorism,
axiom,
adage,
motto,
epigram,
dictum,
gnome,
expression,
phrase,
platitude,
cliché,
truism,
apophthegm,
Origin:
Old English sagu ‘a saying, speech’, of Germanic origin; related to German Sage, also to say and saga.
see
verb
• perceive with the eyes; discern visually.
• "in the distance she could see the blue sea"
Similar:
discern,
perceive,
glimpse,
catch/get a glimpse of,
spot,
notice,
catch sight of,
sight,
make out,
pick out,
spy,
distinguish,
identify,
recognize,
detect,
note,
mark,
clap/lay/set eyes on,
clock,
behold,
descry,
espy,
• discern or deduce after reflection or from information; understand.
• "I can't see any other way to treat it"
Similar:
understand,
grasp,
comprehend,
follow,
take in,
realize,
appreciate,
recognize,
work out,
get the drift of,
make out,
conceive,
perceive,
fathom (out),
become cognizant of,
get,
latch on to,
cotton on to,
catch on to,
tumble to,
figure out,
get the hang of,
get a fix on,
get one's head round/around,
get the message,
get the picture,
twig,
suss,
savvy,
cognize,
• experience or witness (an event or situation).
• "I shall not live to see it"
• meet (someone one knows) socially or by chance.
• "I saw Colin last night"
Similar:
meet (by chance),
encounter,
run into,
run across,
stumble on/across,
happen on,
chance on,
come across,
bump into,
run against,
meet (by arrangement),
meet up with,
get together with,
have a meeting,
have meetings,
meet socially,
make a date with,
• escort or conduct (someone) to a specified place.
• "don't bother seeing me out"
Similar:
escort,
accompany,
show,
walk,
conduct,
lead,
take,
usher,
guide,
shepherd,
attend,
• ensure.
• "Lucy saw to it that everyone got enough to eat"
• (in poker or brag) equal the bet of (an opponent) and require them to reveal their cards in order to determine who has won the hand.
Origin:
Old English sēon, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch zien and German sehen, perhaps from an Indo-European root shared by Latin sequi ‘follow’.
