Saw | |
1. n. (slang) A Bahamian. | |
2. n. A tool with a toothed blade used for cutting hard substances, in particular wood or metal | |
3. n. A musical saw. | |
4. n. A sawtooth wave. | |
5. v. To cut (something) with a saw. | |
They were stoned, they were sawn asunder, were tempted, were slain with the sword: they wandered about in sheepskins and goatskins; being destitute, afflicted, tormented; | |
6. v. (intransitive) To make a motion back and forth similar to cutting something with a saw. | |
The fiddler sawed away at his instrument. | |
7. v. (intransitive) To be cut with a saw. | |
The timber saws smoothly. | |
8. v. To form or produce (something) by cutting with a saw. | |
to saw boards or planks (i.e. to saw logs or timber into boards or planks) | |
to saw shingles; to saw out a panel | |
9. n. (obsolete) Something spoken; speech, discourse. | |
10. n. (often old saw) A saying or proverb. | |
11. n. (obsolete) Opinion, idea, belief; by thy ~, in your opinion; commune ~, common opinion; common knowledge; on no ~, by no means. | |
12. n. (obsolete) Proposal, suggestion; possibility. | |
13. n. (obsolete) Dictate; command; decree. | |
14. v. simple past tense of see | |
15. interj. (slang) what's up (either as a greeting or actual question) | |
— Saw, dude?— Not much. | |