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sawing

sawing is the present participle and gerund of saw.

Noun

sawing (plural sawings)

  1. The act by which something is sawn.
    • As said, these investigations generally do not pay attention to saw kerf width and green size of sawn timber. These studies have mainly been made by practical test sawings and subsequently checked by geometric calculations.1966, Finnish Paper and Timber, volumes 17-20, page 168
  2. (plural-normally) A shaving or fragment of sawn material.
    • We find that from a sample of sawings of the usual size a button or small bar fairly representing the sample can be cast from about 2,000 grains.1892, The Journal of Analytical and Applied Chemistry, volume 6, page 388

Meaning of saw

Verb

saw (third-person singular simple present saws, present participle sawing, simple past sawed, past participle sawed or sawn)

  1. (transitive) To cut (something) with a saw.
    • 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.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Hebrews 11:37
  2. (intransitive) To make a motion back and forth similar to cutting something with a saw.
    • He said he was sometimes whistling a tune to himself — for, like me, he sawed a good deal on the fiddle; […]1835, James Hogg, The Story of Euphemia Hewit
  3. (intransitive) To be cut with a saw.
    • The timber saws smoothly.
  4. (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)

See all 17 meanings of saw

Forms of sawing

pluralsawings

Words formed from sawing

Phrases with sawing

Words that rhyme with sawing

Questions about sawing

What does sawing mean?
Sawing means the act by which something is sawn.
What is sawing the present participle and gerund of?
Sawing is the present participle and gerund of saw.
What part of speech is sawing?
Sawing is a noun.
What is the plural of sawing?
The plural of sawing is sawings.

Words near sawing in the dictionary

  1. Sawickis
  2. sawier
  3. sawiers
  4. Sawin
  5. sawine
  6. sawing
  7. sawing gourds
  8. sawing logs
  9. sawing off
  10. sawing off the branch one is sitting on
  11. sawing the baby in half

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