saw
Caught sight of
A saw is a tool with a toothed blade for cutting hard materials—wood, metal, bone.
The tooth pattern lets the blade bite and remove material on each stroke.
Types include handsaw, chainsaw, circular saw, and hacksaw.
To saw is to cut with such a tool, or to move back and forth as if sawing: He sawed at the rope with his knife.
Separately, saw is the past tense of see.
A saw is also an old saying or proverb: the old saw about early birds and worms.
Saw firsthand
- observedPerceived through attention
- noticedBecame aware of
- viewedSaw deliberately
- watchedSaw with attention
perceived · glimpsed · spotted · beheld · recognized · discerned · sighted
Perpendicular timber cut
- copingManaging under strain
- keyholeOpening for a lock
- pruningCutting vegetation for health
- bucksawFrame-mounted crosscut blade
panel · tenon · dovetail · Japanese · teeth · handle · blade · stroke
Incision from a blade
- ripTear apart forcibly
- crosscutPerpendicular timber cut
- miterTall liturgical headdress
- bevelSloped edge or cut
straight · curve · plunge · flush · rough · finish · splitting · sectioning
Enamel-covered chewing structures
- kerfIncision from a blade
- carbideCarbon-bonded metal compound
- tungstenElement seventy-four
- diamondCrystallized carbon gemstone
gullet · set · hardened · steel · sharpening · dull · burr · tension
witnessed
Saw firsthand
watched · perceived · glimpsed · spotted · beheld · recognized · discerned · sighted
crosscut
Perpendicular timber cut
bucksaw · panel · tenon · dovetail · Japanese · teeth · handle · blade · stroke · cut
kerf
Incision from a blade
bevel · straight · curve · plunge · flush · rough · finish · splitting · sectioning · slicing
teeth
Enamel-covered chewing structures
diamond · gullet · set · hardened · steel · sharpening · dull · burr · tension · gauge
circular
Forming a closed curve
- tableHorizontal furniture surface
- miterTall liturgical headdress
- reciprocatingMoving back and forth
band · scroll · radial · oscillating · tile · chop · track · cordless · electric · benchtop
saying
Short, wise expression
axiom · truism · wisdom · old · wise · folk · traditional · pithy · moral · lesson
sawmissed
Failed to reach
overlooked · ignored · misunderstood · unseen · disregarded
- chain sawMotorized cutting tool
- saw toHandled a matter
- saw throughRecognized hidden truth
- saw redBecame intensely enraged
- saw comingAnticipated in advance
- saw the lightSuddenly understood something
saws, sawing, jigsaw, sawed, chainsaw, sawmill, hacksaw, handsaw, sawyer