saw
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(verb) cut with a saw; "saw wood for the fireplace" |
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Related Words: cut, whipsaw |
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(noun) having a toothed blade for cutting |
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Related Words: bill, billhook, carpenter's saw, crown saw, hacksaw, hand tool, handsaw, metal saw |
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(noun) a power tool for cutting wood |
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Synonyms: power saw, sawing machine |
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Related Words: bandsaw, buzz saw, chain saw, chainsaw, circular saw, fretsaw, gangsaw, jigsaw, power tool, sawmill, scroll saw |
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(noun) a condensed but memorable saying embodying some important fact of experience that is taken as true by many people |
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Synonyms: adage, byword, proverb |
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Related Words: expression, locution, saying |
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