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; “saw wood for the fireplace”

SEE

understand, realize, realise, see

(verb) perceive (an idea or situation) mentally; “Now I see!”; “I just can’t see your point”; “Does she realize how important this decision is?”; “I don’t understand the idea”

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; “I learned that she has two grown-up children”; “I see that you have been promoted”

interpret, construe, see

(verb) make sense of; assign a meaning to; “What message do you see in this letter?”; “How do you interpret his behavior?”

see, insure, see to it, ensure, control, ascertain, assure

(verb) be careful or certain to do something; make certain of something; “He verified that the valves were closed”; “See that the curtains are closed”; “control the quality of the product”

see, consider, reckon, view, regard

(verb) deem to be; “She views this quite differently from me”; “I consider her to be shallow”; “I don’t see the situation quite as negatively as you do”

see

(verb) deliberate or decide; “See whether you can come tomorrow”; “let’s see--which movie should we see tonight?”

determine, find out, see, ascertain, watch, learn

(verb) find out, learn, or determine with certainty, usually by making an inquiry or other effort; “I want to see whether she speaks French”; “See whether it works”; “find out if he speaks Russian”; “Check whether the train leaves on time”

see

(verb) match or meet; “I saw the bet of one of my fellow players”

see

(verb) receive as a specified guest; “the doctor will see you now”; “The minister doesn’t see anybody before noon”

visualize, visualise, envision, project, fancy, see, figure, picture, image

(verb) imagine; conceive of; see in one’s mind; “I can’t see him on horseback!”; “I can see what will happen”; “I can see a risk in this strategy”

meet, run into, encounter, run across, come across, see

(verb) come together; “I’ll probably see you at the meeting”; “How nice to see you again!”

see, escort

(verb) accompany or escort; “I’ll see you to the door”

experience, see, go through

(verb) undergo or live through a difficult experience; “We had many trials to go through”; “he saw action in Viet Nam”

witness, find, see

(verb) perceive or be contemporaneous with; “We found Republicans winning the offices”; “You’ll see a lot of cheating in this school”; “The 1960’s saw the rebellion of the younger generation against established traditions”; “I want to see results”

see

(verb) perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight; “You have to be a good observer to see all the details”; “Can you see the bird in that tree?”; “He is blind--he cannot see”

see

(verb) see and understand, have a good eye; “The artist must first learn to see”

examine, see

(verb) observe, check out, and look over carefully or inspect; “The customs agent examined the baggage”; “I must see your passport before you can enter the country”

watch, view, see, catch, take in

(verb) see or watch; “view a show on television”; “This program will be seen all over the world”; “view an exhibition”; “Catch a show on Broadway”; “see a movie”

visit, see

(verb) go to see a place, as for entertainment; “We went to see the Eiffel Tower in the morning”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology 1

Interjection

SAW

(Islam, proscribed) صَلَّى اللّٰهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ (“peace be upon him”)

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 “sallalahu aleyhi wasallam”, 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. säge, OHG. sega, saga, Dan. sav, sw. såg, 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. seón; akin to OFries. sia, D. zien, OS. & OHG. sehan, G. sehen, Icel. sja, Sw. se, Dan. see, Goth. saíhwan, 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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