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saw
English
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) enPR: sô, IPA(key): /s??/
- Homophones: (in some non-rhotic accents): soar, sore
- Rhymes: -??
- (US) enPR: sô, IPA(key): /s?/
- (cot–caught merger) enPR: sä, IPA(key): /s??/
- (idiosyncratic, past tense of 'see') IPA(key): /s??l/
Etymology 1
The noun from Middle English sawe, sawgh, from Old English saga, sagu (“saw”), from Proto-Germanic *sagô, *sag? (“saw”), from Proto-Indo-European *sek- (“to cut”). Cognate with West Frisian seage (“saw”), Dutch zaag (“saw”), German Säge (“saw”), Danish sav (“saw”), Swedish såg (“saw”), Icelandic sög (“saw”), and through Indo-European, with Latin sec? (“cut”) and Italian sega (“saw”).
The verb from Middle English sawen, from the noun above.
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.
Derived terms
Descendants
- Sranan Tongo: sa
Translations
Verb
saw (third-person singular simple present saws, present participle sawing, simple past sawed, past participle sawed or sawn)
- (transitive) 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;
- (intransitive) To make a motion back and forth similar to cutting something with a saw.
- The fiddler sawed away at his instrument.
- (intransitive) To be cut with a saw.
- The timber saws smoothly.
- (transitive) 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
Derived terms
- saw gourds
- saw wood
Translations
Etymology 2
From Middle English sawe, from Old English sagu, saga (“story, tale, saying, statement, report, narrative, tradition”), from Proto-West Germanic *sag?, from Proto-Germanic *sag?, *sag? (“saying, story”), from Proto-Indo-European *sek?e-, *sk??-, from *sek?- (“to follow”). Cognate with Dutch sage (“saga”), German Sage (“legend, saga, tale, fable”), Danish sagn (“legend”), Norwegian soga (“story”), Icelandic saga (“story, tale, history”). More at saga, say. Doublet of saga.
Noun
saw (plural saws)
- (obsolete) Something spoken; speech, discourse.
- And for thy trew sawys, and I may lyve many wynters, there was never no knyght better rewardid […].
- And for your true discourses, and I may live many winters, there was never no knight better rewarded […].
- And for thy trew sawys, and I may lyve many wynters, there was never no knyght better rewardid […].
- A saying or proverb.
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:saying
- 1599, William Shakespeare, As You Like It, Act II Scene VII, lines 152-5.
- And then the justice, / In fair round belly with good capon lined, / With eyes severe and beard of formal cut, / Full of wise saws and modern instances.
- 1902, Charles Robert Ashbee, Masque of the Edwards of England, page 8.
- At his crowning […] the priest in his honour preached on the saw, 'Vox populi, vox Dei.'
- 2017, Andrew Marantz, "Becoming Steve Bannon's Bannon", The New Yorker, Feb 13&20 ed.
- There’s an old saw about Washington, D.C., that staffers in their twenties know more about the minutiae of government than their bosses do.
- (obsolete) Opinion, idea, belief.
- (obsolete) Proposal, suggestion; possibility.
- c. 1350-1400, unknown, The Erl of Toulous
- All they assentyd to the sawe; They thoght he spake reson and lawe.
- c. 1350-1400, unknown, The Erl of Toulous
- (obsolete) Dictate; command; decree.
- 1595, Edmund Spenser, Colin Clouts Come Home Againe
- [Love] rules the creatures by his powerful saw.
- 1595, Edmund Spenser, Colin Clouts Come Home Againe
Derived terms
- soothsaw
- withsaw
Translations
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, Was, aws, was
Atong (India)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /s?aw/
Adjective
saw (Bengali script ???)
- rotten
Khasi
Etymology
From Proto-Khasian *sa?w, an innovation of the Khasian branch. Cognate with Pnar soo.
Numeral
saw
- four
Middle English
Noun
saw
- saw
- 1387', Ranulf Higden, John of Trevisa (translator), Polychronicon
- Þe more comoun sawe is þat Remus was i-slawe for he leep ouer þe newe walles of Rome.
- The more common opinion is that Remus was slain for he lept over the new walls of Rome.
- Þe more comoun sawe is þat Remus was i-slawe for he leep ouer þe newe walles of Rome.
- 1387', Ranulf Higden, John of Trevisa (translator), Polychronicon
Northern Kurdish
Noun
saw ?
- terror
- horror
Scots
Pronunciation
- (Doric and most Southern Scots dialects) IPA(key): /sa/
- (Central and some Southern Scots dialects) IPA(key): /s?/
Etymology 1
Verb
saw
- (South Scots) simple past tense of sei
- (Northern and Central) simple past tense of see
Etymology 2
Noun
saw (plural saws)
- A salve.
Zhuang
Pronunciation
- (Standard Zhuang) IPA(key): /?a???/
- Tone numbers: saw1
- Hyphenation: saw
Etymology 1
From Proto-Tai *s??? (“writing; book”), from Middle Chinese ? (MC ???, “writing; book”). Cognate with Lao ?? (s??), Thai ??? (s???).
Alternative forms
- sw
Noun
saw (Sawndip forms ???? or ? or ???? or ????, old orthography s??)
- written language; writing; script
- (Chinese) character
- word
- book
- teaching material
- receipt; voucher
Derived terms
Etymology 2
From Proto-Tai *sa?? (“clear; clean”). Cognate with Thai ?? (s?i), Northern Thai ??, Isan ??, Lao ?? (sai), Lü ?? (?ay), Tai Dam ??, Shan ??? (s?ue), Tai Nüa ??? (sáue), Ahom ???????? (saw) or ???????????? (sawu).
Adjective
saw (Sawndip forms ???? or ???? or ?, old orthography s??)
- clean
- (of transparent objects, water, etc.) clear
- (of liquids other than water) watery; thin
Etymology 3
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “from ??”)
Verb
saw (Sawndip forms ???? or ?, old orthography s??)
- to lose
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sever
English
Etymology
From Middle English severen, from Old French sevrer, from Latin separ?re (“to separate”), from se- (“apart”) + par?re (“provide, arrange”).
Pronunciation
- (US) IPA(key): /?s?v.?/
- Rhymes: -?v?(r)
Verb
sever (third-person singular simple present severs, present participle severing, simple past and past participle severed)
- (transitive) To cut free.
- The angels shall come forth, and sever the wicked from among the just.
- 1999, Eminem, Role Model
- That I just severed the main vein with a chainsaw and I'm in pain?
- (intransitive) To suffer disjunction; to be parted or separated.
- (intransitive) To make a separation or distinction; to distinguish.
- The Lord shall sever between the cattle of Israel and the cattle of Egypt.
- (law) To disunite; to disconnect; to terminate.
Synonyms
- becut
- cut off
Derived terms
- severable
- severally
Related terms
- separate
Translations
Further reading
- sever in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- sever in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- sever at OneLook Dictionary Search
Anagrams
- 'verse, -verse, reves, serve, veers, verse
Catalan
Etymology
From Latin sev?rus.
Pronunciation
(Balearic) IPA(key): /s??ve/
- (Central) IPA(key): /s??be/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /se?ve?/
Adjective
sever (feminine severa, masculine plural severs, feminine plural severes)
- strict, severe
Derived terms
- severament
Related terms
- severitat
Further reading
- “sever” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “sever” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
- “sever” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “sever” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Czech
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *s?ver?. See also German Schauer or English shower (originally) ("Cold Rain").
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?s?v?r]
Noun
sever m
- north
Declension
Antonyms
- jih
Derived terms
- severní
- Severka
- severák
- seve?an
- severovýchod
- severozápad
Coordinate terms
- (compass points)
Further reading
- sever in P?íru?ní slovník jazyka ?eského, 1935–1957
- sever in Slovník spisovného jazyka ?eského, 1960–1971, 1989
Interlingua
Adjective
sever (comparative plus sever, superlative le plus sever)
- severe
Middle Dutch
Etymology
From Old Dutch *s?far, from Proto-West Germanic *saifr.
Noun
sêver n
- drool, saliva
Inflection
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Derived terms
- sêveren
Descendants
- Dutch: zever
- Limburgish: zeiver
Further reading
- Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929) , “sever”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, ?ISBN
Old Frisian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?se?fer/, [?s??fer]
- (Late Old Frisian) IPA(key): /?se?wer/, [?s??wer]
Noun
s?ver m
- Alternative form of s?ver
References
- Bremmer, Rolf H. (2009) An Introduction to Old Frisian: History, Grammar, Reader, Glossary, Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company, ?ISBN, page 28
Romanian
Etymology
From French sévère, from Latin severus.
Adjective
sever m or n (feminine singular sever?, masculine plural severi, feminine and neuter plural severe)
- strict
Declension
Related terms
- severitate
Further reading
- sever in DEX online - Dic?ionare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)
Serbo-Croatian
Alternative forms
- (Ijekavian): sj?ver
- (Ekavian): ??ver
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *s?ver?.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sê?er/
- Hyphenation: se?ver
Noun
s?ver m (Cyrillic spelling ??????)
- (uncountable) north
Declension
Antonyms
- (south): jug
Related terms
- severni
Slovak
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *s?ver?.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?sever]
Noun
sever m (genitive singular severu, nominative plural severy, declension pattern of dub)
- North
Derived terms
- severák
- Severan
- severne
- severný
- severovýchod
- severozápad
Further reading
- sever in Slovak dictionaries at korpus.sk
Slovene
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *s?ver?.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sè???r/
Noun
s??ver m inan
- north
Inflection
Derived terms
- séveren
Further reading
- “sever”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
Turkish
Verb
sever
- third-person singular present simple indicative positive degree of sevmek
Antonyms
- sevmez
See also
- sever sevmez
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