saw1
• noun 1 a hand tool for cutting wood or other hard materials, having a long, thin serrated blade and operated using a backwards and forwards movement. 2 a mechanical power-driven cutting tool with a toothed rotating disc or moving band. 3 Zoology a serrated organ or part, e.g. the toothed snout of a sawfish. • verb (past part. chiefly Brit. sawn or chiefly N. Amer. sawed) 1 cut or form with a saw. 2 cut roughly. 3 move something back and forward as if cutting with a saw. — ORIGIN Old English.
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