Saw

Definition

saw 1 pt of SEE 1 saw 2 /sↄ:/ n (often in compounds) လႊ။ use a saw to cut the wood for shelves ❍ cutting logs with a power saw. See also CHAIN-SAW, CIRCULAR SAW, HACKSAW v ( pt sawed ; pp sawn /sↄ:n/ , US sawed ) ၁။ လႊတိုက္သည္။ လႊထိုးသည္။ လႊႏွင့္ျဖတ္သည္။ spend half an hour sawing ❍ saw into the branch ❍ saw wood ❍ saw a branch into logs/in two ❍ saw the plank right through. ❍ CUT ၂။ ~ ( away ) ( at sth ) (လႊတိုက္သကဲ့သို႔) ထိုးသည္၊ လီွးသည္။ sawing (away) at her violin ❍ He was sawing (at) the bread with a blunt knife. ❏ saw sth down [ PHRV ] လႊျဖင့္ျဖတ္ခ်သည္။ saw a tree down. ❏ saw sth off (sth) [ PHRV ] (လႊျဖင့္)ျဖတ္သည္၊ ခ်ဳိင္သည္။ saw a branch off (a tree) ❍ a sawn-off shotgun (ie one with most of the barrel cut off, used esp by criminals because it is easier to carry and conceal). ❏ saw sth up [ PHRV ] လႊျဖင့္တိုက္ျဖတ္သည္။ All the trees have been sawn up into logs. saw 3 /sↄ:/ n ( dated ) ဆို႐ိုး။ ဆိုထံုး။ You know the old saw: ‘More haste, less speed. ’

Examples

1. saw 1 pt of SEE 1 saw 2 /sↄ:/ n (often in compounds) လႊ။ use a saw to cut the wood for shelves
2. cutting logs with a power saw. See also CHAIN-SAW, CIRCULAR SAW, HACKSAW v ( pt sawed ; pp sawn /sↄ:n/ , US sawed ) ၁။ လႊတိုက္သည္။ လႊထိုးသည္။ လႊႏွင့္ျဖတ္သည္။ spend half an hour sawing
3. saw into the branch
4. saw a branch into logs/in two
5. saw the plank right through.
6. CUT ၂။ ~ ( away ) ( at sth ) (လႊတိုက္သကဲ့သို႔) ထိုးသည္၊ လီွးသည္။ sawing (away) at her violin
7. He was sawing (at) the bread with a blunt knife. ❏ saw sth down [ PHRV ] လႊျဖင့္ျဖတ္ခ်သည္။ saw a tree down. ❏ saw sth off (sth) [ PHRV ] (လႊျဖင့္)ျဖတ္သည္၊ ခ်ဳိင္သည္။ saw a branch off (a tree)