Definition for Saw:

• ( p. p. sawn, rarely sawed). Implement usu. of steel worked by hand or mechanically& with variously shaped blade or edge having teeth of various forms cut in or attached to it for dividing wood, metal, stone, &c., by reciprocating or rotatory motion( annular, crown, cylinder, s., cylinder with toothed edge for making circular hole; band, bow, circular, frame, fret, s.; cross-cut, rip, s., for cutting wood across, along, the grain; hand-s., held with one hand; jig-s., frame-s. worked mechanically in connexion with table holding the wood &c. ( j. -s. puzzle, of pieces sawn with j. -s. to be put together); pit-s., worked by two men one above& one in pit; reciprocating s., worked mechanically with backward& forward strokes; stone-s., toothless frame-s. cutting stone by friction with sand& water); ( Zool. &c.) serrated organ or part; s. -doctor, machine for making teeth of s.; sawdust, wood fragments produced in sawing used in packing, pugging, stuffing, drying moisture, &c. ( let the s. -d. out of fig., expose pretentiousness or unsubstantial character of, w. ref. to doll\'s stuffing); s. -fish, large kind with toothed snout used as weapon; s. -fly, kinds injurious to plants with serrated ovipositor; s. -frame, in which s. -blade is held taut; s. -gate, s. -frame; s. -gin, cotton-gin with s. -teeth; s. -horse, rack supporting wood for sawing; s. -mill, driven by water or steam for mechanical sawing; s. -pit, in which lower of two men working pit-s. stands; s. -set, tool for wrenching s. -teeth in alternate directions to give kerf wider than blade& let s. work freely; s. -wort, plant yielding yellow dye named from serrated leaves; s. -wrack, a serrated seaweed; s. -wrest, s. -set. ( Vb) cut( wood &c.) with, make( boards &c.) with, use, s.; move( t. & i.) backward& forward, divide( the air &c.), with motion as of s. or person sawing; ( quasi-pass.) admit of being sawn easily, badly, &c.; ( Bookbind.) make incisions to receive binding-bands in( gathered sheets); sawbones slang, surgeon. [ old English]

Synonyms for Saw:

• n.

  •
  • buck,
  • bradawl,
  • power,
  • chain,
  • trephine,
  • hack,
  • hand,
  • box end wrench,
  • bellows,
  • wood,
  • circular,
  • band,
  • Allen Wrench,
  • back,
  • bit,
  • adjustable wrench,
  • panel,
  • jig,
  • ice,
  • rip,
  • keyhole,
  • table,
  • blowtorch,
  • mill,
  • whip,
  • pruning,
  • blowlamp,
  • applicator,
  • concave,
  • crown,
  • crosscut,
  • double.
  •
  • words,
  • flail,
  • chop,
  • chase,
  • chip away,
  • crimp,
  • card.
  •adage (noun)
  • pre cept,
  • pre-cept.
  •advice (noun)
  • hint,
  • pointer,
  • tip,
  • guidance,
  • reassurance,
  • advice,
  • input,
  • Guidelines,
  • recommendation,
  • counsel.
  •artifact (noun)
  • saw.
  •banality (noun)
  • hokums,
  • old chestnuts,
  • prosaisms,
  • high camps,
  • prosaicisms,
  • old saws,
  • dullsvilles,
  • trite phrases,
  • familiar tunes.
  •bromide (noun)
  • trites.
  •byword (noun)
  • standing jokes,
  • gnomic sayings,
  • by word,
  • by words.
  •dictum (noun)
  • brocards.
  •instruction (noun)
  • directive,
  • catchword,
  • instruction,
  • rule,
  • axiom,
  • credo,
  • precept,
  • teaching,
  • code,
  • ordinance,
  • edict,
  • bidding,
  • doctrine,
  • policy,
  • principle.
  •joke (noun)
  • oneliner,
  • clownings,
  • mis chiefs,
  • shaggydog story,
  • bons mots,
  • mis chief,
  • puton,
  • ha ha,
  • hoodwinkings,
  • one liner,
  • shaggydog stories,
  • shaggy-dog stories.
  •landlord (noun)
  • hotelkeepers,
  • property owners.
  •lore (noun)
  • in formation,
  • mythos,
  • fable,
  • lore.
  •machine tool (noun)
  • machine-tool,
  • facing machines,
  • press drills,
  • tapping machines,
  • threading machines,
  • broaching machines.
  •maxim (noun)
  • mantra,
  • maxim,
  • cliche.
  •platitude (noun)
  • potboilers,
  • platitudes,
  • old story,
  • triteness,
  • hackneyed saying,
  • boiler plate,
  • monotony,
  • trite remark,
  • potboiler.
  •tool (noun)
  • hoe,
  • pipe wrench,
  • auger,
  • file,
  • spade,
  • hatchet,
  • gouge,
  • hammer,
  • ripsaw,
  • chain saw,
  • handsaw,
  • screwdriver,
  • pick,
  • plane,
  • claw hammer,
  • grindstone,
  • jigsaw,
  • crosscut saw,
  • square,
  • circular saw,
  • grapnel,
  • ball-peen hammer,
  • jackknife,
  • back saw,
  • monkey wrench,
  • wedge,
  • lug wrench,
  • cold chisel,
  • drill,
  • pliers,
  • keyhole saw,
  • crowbar,
  • vise,
  • miter box,
  • chisel,
  • stapler,
  • scissors,
  • snips,
  • axe,
  • tire iron,
  • punch,
  • awl,
  • band saw,
  • coping saw,
  • planer,
  • shovel,
  • tool,
  • level,
  • knife,
  • shears,
  • wrench,
  • edger,
  • hacksaw,
  • sledgehammer,
  • Drill press,
  • emery wheel,
  • wrecking bar,
  • posthole auger,
  • radial arm saw,
  • spanner,
  • bench drill,
  • trowel,
  • hedge trimmer,
  • spoke shave,
  • Bow-saw,
  • tin snips,
  • machete,
  • welder,
  • jointer,
  • mallet,
  • calipers,
  • buzz saw,
  • table saw,
  • arc welder,
  • pickax,
  • scroll saw.
  •wise saying (noun)
  • wise-saying.
  •word (noun)
  • Re-mark,
  • communiques,
  • communique.

• v.

  •cut (verb)
  • dis patch,
  • be heads,
  • be-heading,
  • dis patches,
  • dis severed,
  • be headed,
  • Flitching,
  • dis-severed,
  • be heading,
  • re aped,
  • dis-sever,
  • dis-patch,
  • facetting,
  • dis patching,
  • chining,
  • dis severs,
  • Sabered,
  • re-aped,
  • re-aping,
  • dis-patched,
  • re aping,
  • dis-severs,
  • dis sever,
  • dis patched,
  • be-headed,
  • dis-patching,
  • Sabering,
  • be-heads,
  • dis severing,
  • Flitched,
  • dis-patches,
  • dis-severing,
  • lays open.
  •saw (verb)
  • Discerned,
  • sighted,
  • stared,
  • beholden,
  • Viewed,
  • Spied,
  • Glimpsed,
  • Peered,
  • Glared,
  • Looked,
  • Regarded,
  • Inspected,
  • observed,
  • Glanced,
  • peeked,
  • seen,
  • Beheld,
  • perceived,
  • Watched,
  • Gazed,
  • witnessed.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • teeter.
  •fluctuate
  • waver.
  •Other relevant words:
  • phrase,
  • prune,
  • incise,
  • oracle,
  • craunch,
  • chip,
  • belt saw,
  • guide,
  • backsaw,
  • sunder,
  • Proverbs,
  • shave,
  • command,
  • wire saw,
  • reduce,
  • idiomatic expression,
  • ana,
  • eyed,
  • cut away,
  • tenon,
  • sawmill,
  • commonplace,
  • machicolation,
  • detect,
  • cutter,
  • verse,
  • crest,
  • become aware of,
  • crenelation,
  • beckon,
  • battlement,
  • woodcutter,
  • burst,
  • halve,
  • say,
  • dissever,
  • homily,
  • consider,
  • message,
  • Dentil,
  • wink,
  • rupture,
  • fissure,
  • rip saw,
  • sawbuck,
  • pithy saying,
  • looked at,
  • Buzzsaw,
  • lop,
  • seeing,
  • slice through,
  • crunch,
  • cranch,
  • look at,
  • Discind,
  • cut through,
  • haggle,
  • dichotomize,
  • comprehend,
  • chainsaw,
  • imagine,
  • serration,
  • cockscomb,
  • rend asunder,
  • epigram,
  • gnome,
  • enigma,
  • crenelle,
  • vandyke,
  • bow,
  • cutting instrument,
  • underscore,
  • buzz,
  • sentence,
  • lance,
  • discover,
  • carpenter's tool,
  • Abscind,
  • rickrack,
  • envisage,
  • word,
  • hew,
  • carve,
  • cut across,
  • deckle edge,
  • slit,
  • bucksaw,
  • Sye,
  • idiom,
  • apothegm,
  • crack,
  • pruning saw,
  • embrasure,
  • play violin,
  • Scamble,
  • got an eyeful,
  • analects,
  • frame saw,
  • truism,
  • portable saw,
  • noticed,
  • break,
  • Wisdom literature,
  • scollop,
  • scrape,
  • gesticulate,
  • glance,
  • leer,
  • nudge,
  • take notice,
  • billhook,
  • whipsaw,
  • fretsaw,
  • depression,
  • sutra,
  • hash,
  • divide,
  • bisect,
  • cut in two,
  • detected,
  • tooth,
  • conceive,
  • lesson,
  • sharpness,
  • dogma,
  • power saw,
  • prescript,
  • Protasis,
  • split,
  • hackle,
  • trim,
  • cleave,
  • tear,
  • rip up,
  • shiver,
  • cut up,
  • decomposition,
  • shorten,
  • snore,
  • shape,
  • crenation,
  • Notching,
  • nip,
  • Espied,
  • two-handed saw,
  • splitsaw,
  • point,
  • pit saw,
  • battle cry,
  • fiddle,
  • shatter,
  • perceive,
  • excise,
  • text,
  • violin,
  • break off,
  • Collocution,
  • amputate,
  • Incide,
  • Crenulation,
  • determination,
  • subdivide,
  • gash,
  • rend,
  • slice,
  • see,
  • circumcise,
  • butcher,
  • witticism,
  • declaration,
  • dictate,
  • dogtooth,
  • cut down,
  • whittle,
  • mangle,
  • signalize,
  • cutting tool,
  • sever,
  • understand,
  • splinter,
  • sawing machine,
  • slash,
  • DEWS,
  • saw off,
  • nod,
  • condense,
  • abbreviate,
  • bromide,
  • jag,
  • pare,
  • shrug,
  • mot,
  • phylactery,
  • compass saw,
  • nib,
  • scallop,
  • distich,
  • rive,
  • snap,
  • collocation,
  • collected sayings,
  • behold,
  • wisdom,
  • catch phrase,
  • lacerate,
  • Denticulation,
  • sloka.

Paraphrases for Saw:

• Reverse Entailment

  • Noun, singular or mass
    chainsaw, sawmill, Sawing.

• Independent

  • Proper noun, singular
    believes, finds.
  • Verb, past tense
    Seemed, sought, Oversaw, yes, Existed, revisited, sold, Testified, Served, suggested, Issued, tested, demonstrated, Assessed, accessed, cross-referenced, noted, understanding, ascertained, discovered, recognise, recognised, attest, seized, Searched, represented, realised, sent, sensed, Investigated, Participated, expressed, anticipated, emphasised, perceived, be, Were, accused, acknowledged, estimated, exposed, measure, Ensued, measurement, Transpired, awareness, identified, lost, ensured, appreciated, expected, expects, Everything, envisage, Envisaged, characterized, facilitated, Succeeded, inspection, assumed, decreased, Comprising, stressed, entrusted, revised, Discerned, Contemplated, commissioned, rose, described, ended, supported, advised, Attributed, Arose, emphasized, master, verified, Helped, Mentioned, GOTTA, established, hailed, imagined, increased, underscored, saved, reported, agreed, Smelled, Suffered, offer, Offered, observed, noticed, Appeared, advertised, Resulted, Benefited, sawthem, Enabled, Enjoyed, Fleshed, Indicated, Contributed, overview, included, provide, Provided, Contended, determined, experienced, Surged, Officiated, dismissed, spoke, Construed, faced, Inspected, rescued, Prosecuted, ruled, highlighted, Displayed, convinced, showed, Generated, raised, concluded, labeled, labelled, confirmed, Ushered, involved, Devised, considered, Encountered, Caused, !, Filed, received, completed, Exhibited, directed, Told, realized, Delivered, sighted, re-watched, Discussed, ordered, Examined, charged, Experimented, missed, grasped, interpreted, pursued, sustained, detected, conceived, designed, outlined, Followed, spent, Consisted, yeah, learned, Prevented, Commenced, Listened, reflected, proved, produced, knowledge, revealed, crossed, Believed, blamed, requested, requests, Guessed, continued, IOOKED, Achieved, classified, Performed, focused, focussed, Managed, Worked, Appealed, eyes, celebrated, recovered, recorded, vision, arranged, welcomed, judges, collected, moved, accepted, contained, remind, opened, informed, mandated, registered, signalled, sawyou, VE, fish, gathered, declared, patent, uncovered, left, briefed, liked, Argued, Opined, Tasked, healthy, permitted, staged, hosted, Asked, started, Prevailed, Remarked, Coincided, featured, Greeted, predicted, Deviated, erupted, pointed, struck, Obtained, fake, empty, Commented, monitored, Passed, expanded, herb, reviewed, transmitted, Captured, Scored, Deemed, Incurred, treated, intuited, edged, accompanied, Undertook, covered, said, Died, relieved, interviewed, led, Arrived, Sailed, bore, Declined, felt, taped, stated, underlined, Emerged, Wrote, taught, Slipped, earned, Gave, intended, rushed, placed, defined, Underwent, Cautioned, fulfilled, Climbed, dead, Became, developed, Attracted, dreamed, Dreamt, Brought, Allowed, admitted, route, front, Indicted, Created, vista, Regarded, maintained, Happened, live, living, Lived, heard, Prompted, touched, drove, figured, Audited, decided, Took, conducted, granted, Tumbled, Piloted, Warned, Had, come, Came, Rated, Wavered, Entered, Remained, runinto, changed, fire, Occurred, occured, Launched, Threw, constituted, year, studied, posted, Reached, Levied, Upheld, sounded, Jumped, Aimed, Gained, tracked, type, attached, adopted, Dealt, Carried, Flipped, meeting, Met, Stood, turned, Grew, peeked, played, sat, Endured, Voted, attended, Claimed, planned, held, drew, fell, Hovered, Toured, Picked, called, let, Logged, Amounted, Counted, ranked, Grabbed, laid, marked, applied, dropped, fixed, added, Accounted, Rallied, guy, guys, here, kept, Rocked, Bought, Meant, dipped, capped, lu, Ran, thought, won, Walked, 'ai, Than, pulled, vi, Popped, com, Acted, made, tried, Did, cut, Consulted, notice, check, checked, Looked, watching, Watched, Visited.
  • Verb, non-3rd person singular present
    save, sawthrough, sawthe, wentto, recall, dodge, sawlt, LN, observe, notice, realize, seek, check, feel, regard, meet.
  • Verb, base form
    youseen, ISAW, notice, tell.

• Other Related

  • Verb, past tense
    Referred.
  • Verb, non-3rd person singular present
    Sawn.

Homophones for Saw:

• shoji, si, sissoo, schizaea, sikh, seaway, succos, swiz, scsi, shikoku, size, shaky, sigh, skyway, sock, soho, skagway, shake, sagacious, 1880s, soya, seesaw, shuck, sauk, saek, Swaggie, Swiss Cheese, sassy, sos, squashy, souk, sick joke, so, ssw, shy, syzygy, shia, squeaky, shoe, siss, suez, skua, swishy, see, sausage, Susa, scag, se, shay, sic, shiah, seek, squish, seiche, shaggy, socage, sa, shag, swish, suisse, seasick, sess, showcase, showy, 1850s, sew, sag, shaw, suck, shisha, squeak, Skag, 1760s, scow, sioux, sashay, succus, sus, skyjack, sexy, 1960s, sacque, schweiz, squishy, sw, skyhook, sea ash, say-so, sousa, sway, 1870s, sky, 1860s, SSA, souse, saucy, soy sauce, skeg, squeegee, squasy, 1820s, saxe, 1900s, segway, soy, siege, soggy, shock, squawky, so-so, sheesha, six, 1770s, soja, swage, sis, squeeze, 1890s, seaquake, sukiyaki, sc, swazi, sissu, shah, shoo away, 1930s, shoo, shikse, seize, 1970s, sequoyah, sow, swag, sec, 1780s, SSS, swash, sack, sheikh, shew, Sacajawea, 1530s, sacagawea, sugi, sacco, sushi, squash, swoosh, shack, segue, sequoya, 1990s, sass, sewage, shucks, Susah, 1830s, sago, squawk, sick, shiksa, sky-high, shook, Skaw, schizaeaceae, ski wax, sse, squaw, 1750s, such, sax, soak, shoes, saiga, scouse, 1920s, sequoia, shush, ss, sizz, shuha, shua, success, sage, sockeye, 1950s, sissyish, saga, sickish, sea cow, Sousse, sash, Seiji Ozawa, 1940s, swig, sissy, 1840s, scoke, SG, shako, sough, sise, schuss, soh, 1790s, sex, sheikha, saki, sou, skew, swiss, sheik, sika, show, shwa, swosh, ski, sauce, she-oak, shogi, sac, schwa, soakage, 1980s, sake, sussex, SAS, sigeh, say, S, succuss, sheika, sue, sea.

Hypernym for Saw:

• n.

  • artifact
    two-handed saw, metal saw, whipsaw, carpenter's saw, crown saw, hack saw, lumberman's saw, bucksaw, two-man saw, hacksaw, hand saw, folding saw, handsaw.

• v.

  • contact
    whipsaw.

Hyponym for Saw:

• n.

  • artifact
    hand tool.

• v.

  • contact
    cut.

Meronym for Saw:

• n.

  • artifact
    sawtooth, tooth.