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SAW
saw
(noun) hand tool having a toothed blade for cutting
proverb, adage, saw, byword
(noun) a condensed but memorable saying embodying some important fact of experience that is taken as true by many people
saw
(verb) cut with a saw; âsaw wood for the fireplaceâ
SEE
understand, realize, realise, see
(verb) perceive (an idea or situation) mentally; âNow I see!â; âI just canât see your pointâ; âDoes she realize how important this decision is?â; âI donât understand the ideaâ
learn, hear, get word, get wind, pick up, find out, get a line, discover, see
(verb) get to know or become aware of, usually accidentally; âI learned that she has two grown-up childrenâ; âI see that you have been promotedâ
interpret, construe, see
(verb) make sense of; assign a meaning to; âWhat message do you see in this letter?â; âHow do you interpret his behavior?â
see, insure, see to it, ensure, control, ascertain, assure
(verb) be careful or certain to do something; make certain of something; âHe verified that the valves were closedâ; âSee that the curtains are closedâ; âcontrol the quality of the productâ
see, consider, reckon, view, regard
(verb) deem to be; âShe views this quite differently from meâ; âI consider her to be shallowâ; âI donât see the situation quite as negatively as you doâ
see
(verb) deliberate or decide; âSee whether you can come tomorrowâ; âletâs see--which movie should we see tonight?â
determine, find out, see, ascertain, watch, learn
(verb) find out, learn, or determine with certainty, usually by making an inquiry or other effort; âI want to see whether she speaks Frenchâ; âSee whether it worksâ; âfind out if he speaks Russianâ; âCheck whether the train leaves on timeâ
see
(verb) match or meet; âI saw the bet of one of my fellow playersâ
see
(verb) receive as a specified guest; âthe doctor will see you nowâ; âThe minister doesnât see anybody before noonâ
visualize, visualise, envision, project, fancy, see, figure, picture, image
(verb) imagine; conceive of; see in oneâs mind; âI canât see him on horseback!â; âI can see what will happenâ; âI can see a risk in this strategyâ
meet, run into, encounter, run across, come across, see
(verb) come together; âIâll probably see you at the meetingâ; âHow nice to see you again!â
see, escort
(verb) accompany or escort; âIâll see you to the doorâ
experience, see, go through
(verb) undergo or live through a difficult experience; âWe had many trials to go throughâ; âhe saw action in Viet Namâ
witness, find, see
(verb) perceive or be contemporaneous with; âWe found Republicans winning the officesâ; âYouâll see a lot of cheating in this schoolâ; âThe 1960âs saw the rebellion of the younger generation against established traditionsâ; âI want to see resultsâ
see
(verb) perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight; âYou have to be a good observer to see all the detailsâ; âCan you see the bird in that tree?â; âHe is blind--he cannot seeâ
see
(verb) see and understand, have a good eye; âThe artist must first learn to seeâ
examine, see
(verb) observe, check out, and look over carefully or inspect; âThe customs agent examined the baggageâ; âI must see your passport before you can enter the countryâ
watch, view, see, catch, take in
(verb) see or watch; âview a show on televisionâ; âThis program will be seen all over the worldâ; âview an exhibitionâ; âCatch a show on Broadwayâ; âsee a movieâ
visit, see
(verb) go to see a place, as for entertainment; âWe went to see the Eiffel Tower in the morningâ
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology 1
Interjection
SAW
(Islam, proscribed) Ű”ÙÙÙÙÙ Ű§ÙÙÙÙ°ÙÙ ŰčÙÙÙÙÙÙÙ ÙÙŰłÙÙÙÙÙ Ù (âpeace be upon himâ)
Usage notes
It is commonplace in Islamic culture to follow mention of the prophet Muhammad's name with (SAW) or (PBUH).
As with PBUH, the use of the abbreviation, rather than the full âsallalahu aleyhi wasallamâ, is proscribed by some as lazy and insufficiently respectful; see discussion at Wikipedia.
Etymology 2
Noun
SAW (plural SAWs)
(military, US) A squad automatic weapon or section automatic weapon, a kind of light machine gun.
(physics) Initialism of surface acoustic wave.
Coordinate terms
• DMR
Anagrams
• ASW, AWS, aws, was
Noun
Saw (plural Saws)
(slang, African American Vernacular English) A Bahamian.
Anagrams
• ASW, AWS, aws, was
Etymology 1
Noun
saw (plural saws)
A tool with a toothed blade used for cutting hard substances, in particular wood or metal
A musical saw.
A sawtooth wave.
Verb
saw (third-person singular simple present saws, present participle sawing, simple past sawed, past participle sawn or sawed)
(transitive) To cut (something) with a saw.
(intransitive) To make a motion back and forth similar to cutting something with a saw.
(intransitive) To be cut with a saw.
(transitive) To form or produce (something) by cutting with a saw.
Etymology 2
Noun
saw (plural saws)
(obsolete) Something spoken; speech, discourse.
A saying or proverb.
Synonym: Thesaurus:saying
(obsolete) Opinion, idea, belief.
(obsolete) Proposal, suggestion; possibility.
(obsolete) Dictate; command; decree.
Etymology 3
Verb
saw
simple past tense of see
(colloquial, nonstandard) past participle of see
Interjection
saw
(slang) What's up (either as a greeting or actual question).
Anagrams
• ASW, AWS, aws, was
Source: Wiktionary
Saw,
Definition: imp. of See.
Saw, n. Etym: [OE. sawe, AS. sagu; akin to secgan to say. See Say, v. t. and cf. Saga.]
1. Something said; speech; discourse. [Obs.] "To hearken all his sawe." Chaucer.
2. A saying; a proverb; a maxim. His champions are the prophets and apostles, His weapons holy saws of sacred writ. Shak.
3. Dictate; command; decree. [Obs.] [Love] rules the creatures by his powerful saw. Spenser.
Saw, n. Etym: [OE. sawe, AS. sage; akin to D. zaag, G. sÀge, OHG. sega, saga, Dan. sav, sw. sÄg, Icel. sög, L. secare to cut, securis ax, secula sickle. Cf. Scythe, Sickle, Section, Sedge.]
Definition: 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.
Note: Saw is frequently used adjectively, or as the first part of a compound. Band saw, Crosscut saw, etc. See under Band, Crosscut, etc.
– Circular saw, a disk of steel with saw teeth upon its periphery, and revolved on an arbor.
– Saw bench, a bench or table with a flat top for for sawing, especially with a circular saw which projects above the table.
– Saw file, a three-cornered file, such as is used for sharpening saw teeth.
– Saw frame, the frame or sash in a sawmill, in which the saw, or gang of saws, is held.
– Saw gate, a saw frame.
– Saw gin, the form of cotton gin invented by Eli Whitney, in which the cotton fibers are drawn, by the teeth, of a set of revolving circular saws, through a wire grating which is too fine for the seeds to pass.
– Saw grass (Bot.), any one of certain cyperaceous plants having the edges of the leaves set with minute sharp teeth, especially the Cladium effusum of the Southern United States. Cf. Razor grass, under Razor.
– Saw log, a log of suitable size for sawing into lumber.
– Saw mandrel, a mandrel on which a circular saw is fastened for running.
– Saw pit, a pit over which timbor is sawed by two men, one standing below the timber and the other above. Mortimer.
– Saw sharpener (Zoöl.), the great titmouse; -- so named from its harsh call note. [Prov. Eng.] -- Saw whetter (Zoöl.), the marsh titmouse (Parus palustris); -- so named from its call note. [Prov. Eng.] -- Scroll saw, a ribbon of steel with saw teeth upon one edge, stretched in a frame and adapted for sawing curved outlines; also, a machine in which such a saw is worked by foot or power.
Saw, v. t. [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.
Saw, v. i.
1. To use a saw; to practice sawing; as, a man saws well.
2. To cut, as a saw; as, the saw or mill saws fast.
3. To be cut with a saw; as, the timber saws smoothly.
SEE
See, n. Etym: [OE. se, see, OF. se, sed, sied, fr. L. sedes a seat, or the kindred sedere to sit. See Sit, and cf. Siege.]
1. A seat; a site; a place where sovereign power is exercised. [Obs.] Chaucer. Jove laughed on Venus from his sovereign see. Spenser.
2. Specifically: (a) The seat of episcopal power; a diocese; the jurisdiction of a bishop; as, the see of New York. (b) The seat of an archibishop; a province or jurisdiction of an archibishop; as, an archiepiscopal see. (c) The seat, place, or office of the pope, or Roman pontiff; as, the papal see. (d) The pope or his court at Rome; as, to appeal to the see of Rome. Apostolic see. See under Apostolic.
See, v. t. [imp. Saw; p. p. Seen; p. pr. & vb. n. Seeing.] Etym: [OE. seen, sen, seon, As. seĂłn; akin to OFries. sia, D. zien, OS. & OHG. sehan, G. sehen, Icel. sja, Sw. se, Dan. see, Goth. saĂhwan, and probably to L. sequi to follow (and so originally meaning, to follow with the eyes). Gr. sac. Cf. Sight, Sun to follow.]
1. To perceive by the eye; to have knowledge of the existence and apparent qualities of by the organs of sight; to behold; to descry; to view. I will new turn aside, and see this great sight. Ex. iii. 3.
2. To perceive by mental vision; to form an idea or conception of; to note with the mind; to observe; to discern; to distinguish; to understand; to comprehend; to ascertain. Go, I pray thee, see whether it be well with thy brethren. Gen. xxxvii. 14. Jesus saw that he answered discreetly. Mark xii. 34. Who 's so gross That seeth not this palpable device Shak.
3. To follow with the eyes, or as with the eyes; to watch; to regard attentivelly; to look after. Shak. I had a mind to see him out, and therefore did not care for centradicting him. Addison.
4. To have an interview with; especially, to make a call upon; to visit; as, to go to see a friend. And Samuel came no more to see Saul untill the day of his death. 1 Sam. xv. 35.
5. To fall in with; to have intercourse or communication with; hence, to have knowledge or experience of; as, to see military service. Make us glad according to the days wherein thou hast afflicted us, and the years wherein we have seen evil. Ps. xc. 15. Verily, verily, I say unto you, if a man keep my saying, he shall never see death. John viii. 51. Improvement in visdom and prudence by seeing men. Locke.
6. To accompany in person; to escort; to wait upon; as, to see one home; to see one aboard the cars. God you (him, or me, etc.) see, God keep you (him, me, etc.) in his sight; God protect you. [Obs.] Chaucer.
– To see (anything) out, to see (it) to the end; to be present at, or attend, to the end.
– To see stars, to see flashes of light, like stars; -- sometimes the result of concussion of the head. [Colloq.] -- To see (one) through, to help, watch, or guard (one) to the end of a course or an undertaking.
See, v. i.
1. To have the power of sight, or of perceiving by the proper organs; to possess or employ the sense of vision; as, he sees distinctly. Whereas I was blind, now I see. John ix. 25.
2. Figuratively: To have intellectual apprehension; to perceive; to know; to understand; to discern; -- often followed by a preposition, as through, or into. For judgment I am come into this world, that they which see not might see; and that they which see might be made blind. John ix. 39. Many sagacious persons will find us out, . . . and see through all our fine pretensions. Tillotson.
3. To be attentive; to take care; to give heed; -- generally with to; as, to see to the house. See that ye fall not out by the way. Gen. xiv. 24.
Note: Let me see, Let us see, are used to express consideration, or to introduce the particular consideration of a subject, or some scheme or calculation. Cassio's a proper man, let me see now, -To get his place. Shak.
Note: See is sometimes used in the imperative for look, or behold. "See. see! upon the banks of Boyne he stands." Halifax. To see about a thing, to pay attention to it; to consider it.
– To see on, to look at. [Obs.] "She was full more blissful on to see." Chaucer.
– To see to. (a) To look at; to behold; to view. [Obs.] "An altar by Jordan, a great altar to see to" Josh. xxii. 10. (b) To take care about; to look after; as, to see to a fire.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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