saw
- (initialism) . (context, Islam) (Arab, صلى الله عليه وسلم) ''sallalahu aleyhi wasallam'' – peace be upon him.
- (abbreviation) . (military, US) squad automatic weapon or section automatic weapon, a class of light machine gun.
- Noun. A tool with a toothed blade used for cutting hard substances, in particular wood or metal.
- Noun. A musical saw.
- Verb. (transitive) To cut (something) with a saw.
- Verb. (intransitive) To make a motion back and forth similar to cutting something with a saw.
- Verb. (intransitive) To be cut with a saw.
- Noun. (obsolete) Something spoken; speech, discourse.
- Noun. (''often'' '''old saw''') A saying or proverb.
- Noun. (obsolete) opinion, idea, belief; by thy ~, in your opinion; commune ~, common opinion; common knowledge; on no ~, by no means.
- Noun. (obsolete) proposal, suggestion; possibility.
- Verb. (simple past of, see) .
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