English Dictionary

saw

/ˈsɔː/

verb

(transitive) To cut (something) 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.

He sawed the wood into small pieces.

意味（1）

(transitive) To cut (something) with a saw.

They were stoned, they were sawen asunder, were tempted, were slaine with the sword: they wandered about in sheepskinnes, and goat skins, being destitute, afflicted, tormented.

意味（2）

(intransitive) To make a motion back and forth similar to cutting something with a saw.

He said he was sometimes whistling a tune to himself — for, like me, he sawed a good deal on the fiddle; […]

意味（3）

(intransitive) To be cut with a saw.

The timber saws smoothly.

意味（4）

(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)