The Meaning of saw

• () imp. of See.
• (v. t.) Something said; speech; discourse.
• (v. t.) A saying; a proverb; a maxim.
• (v. t.) Dictate; command; decree.
• (n.) An instrument for cutting or dividing substances, as wood, iron, etc., consisting of a thin blade, or plate, of steel, with a series of sharp teeth on the edge, which remove successive portions of the material by cutting and tearing.
• (v. t.) To cut with a saw; to separate with a saw; as, to saw timber or marble.
• (v. t.) To form by cutting with a saw; as, to saw boards or planks, that is, to saw logs or timber into boards or planks; to saw shingles; to saw out a panel.
• (v. t.) Also used figuratively; as, to saw the air.
• (v. i.) To use a saw; to practice sawing; as, a man saws well.
• (v. i.) To cut, as a saw; as, the saw or mill saws fast.
• (v. i.) To be cut with a saw; as, the timber saws smoothly.
• (imp.) of See

Synonyms

proverb , adage , byword , power saw , sawing machine , see , understand , realize , realise , see , witness , find , see , visualize , visualise , envision , project , fancy , see , figure , picture , image , see , consider , reckon , view , regard , learn , hear , get word , get wind , pick up , find out , get a line , discover , see , watch , view , see , catch , take in , meet , run into , encounter , run across , come across , see , determine , check , find out , see , ascertain , watch , learn , see , check , insure , see to it , ensure , control , ascertain , assure , see , see , visit , see , attend , take care , look , see , see , go steady , go out , date , see , see , see , see , examine , see , experience , see , go through , see , escort , see , interpret , construe , see

Homophones

sau , saugh

Rhymes

ah , aha , ahh , albaugh , allbaugh , alpaugh , alspaugh , alvah , anspaugh , arkansas , artois , aw , awe , baccarat , backsaw , bah , baja , bashaw , baugh , bedstraw , beffa , bekaa , blah , bogota , bois , bourgeois , bra , brisbois , bylaw , carnaud , caw , cha , chainsaw , chargois , chaw , chickasaw , chihuahua , chippewa , chua , chutzpah , claw , colaw , coleslaw , contois , craugh , craw , da , dabah , dada , daw , dawe , deja , denwa , dewclaw , doha , draw , dubois , duboise , dumas , elga , esau , fatah , fermata , flaw , foresaw , francois , francoise , ga , gaugh , gaw , glawe , gnaw , grandpa , gras , gravois , graw , grawe , grimshaw , guffaw , ha , hacksaw , hah , handsaw , harnois , haugh , haw , hawe , hoopla , hsia , hurrah , hwa , inlaw , ja , jaw , jha , jigsaw , joie , ka , kah , kinlaw , krah , la , laframboise , lavoie , law , loblaw , ma , macaw , macgraw , mackinaw , markkaa , marois , maw , mccaa , mccaw , mccraw , mcgaw , mcgraw , mother-in-law , murrah , na , nah , naw , ocaw , olah , omaha , ona , outlaw , overdraw , pa , panama , pasha , paugh , paw , pla , qua , quebecois , ra , rah , rauh , raw , rawe , redraw , refah , rha , sa , saginaw , salois , sanaa , saugh , schwa , scrimshaw , seesaw , seraw , sha , shah , shaw , sirois , slaugh , slaw , spa , spaugh , spaw , squaw , straw , suhua , ta , thaw , thraw , traugh , trois , utah , valois , vaugh , voila , vrba , wa , waah , wah , warsaw , waugh , whipsaw , wichita , withdraw , ya , yah , yaw , zsa