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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Saw \Saw\, verb (used with an object) [imp. {Sawed}; p. p. {Sawed} or {Sawn}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Sawing}.]
1. To cut with a saw; to separate with a saw; as, to saw timber or marble.
2. 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.
3. Also used figuratively; as, to saw the air.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
saw
noun
1: a condensed but memorable saying embodying some important fact of experience that is taken as true by many people [syn: {proverb}, {adage}, {byword}]
2: hand tool having a toothed blade for cutting
3: a power tool for cutting wood [syn: {power saw}, {sawing machine}]
verb: cut with a saw; "saw wood for the fireplace" [also: {sawn}]
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
saw See {see} [also: {sawn}]
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
sawn See {saw}
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