saw

1. saw (noun) — sense 1

Definition: A tool used for cutting hard substances, in particular wood or metal.: Such a tool with a toothed blade.

Example: Meronyms: sawtooth < sawblade

2. saw (noun) — sense 2

Definition: A tool used for cutting hard substances, in particular wood or metal.: Such a tool with an abrasive coating instead of teeth.

3. saw (noun) — sense 3

Definition: A musical saw.

4. saw (verb) — sense 1

Definition: To cut (something) with a saw.

Example: They were stoned, they were sawen asunder, were tempted, were slaine with the sword: they wandered about in sheepskinnes, and goat skins, being destitute, afflicted, tormented.

5. saw (verb) — sense 2

Definition: To make a motion back and forth similar to cutting something with a saw.

Example: He said he was sometimes whistling a tune to himself — for, like me, he sawed a good deal on the fiddle; […]

6. saw (verb) — sense 3

Definition: To be cut with a saw.

Example: The timber saws smoothly.