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sawn

sawn is the past participle of saw.

sawn is the past participle of see: synonym of see.

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

Meaning of see

Verb

see (third-person singular simple present sees, present participle seeing, simple past saw or (dialectal) seen or (dialectal) seent or (dialectal) seed, past participle seen or (dialectal) seent or (dialectal) seed or (dialectal) saw or (dialectal or eye dialect) sawn)

  1. (transitive) To perceive or detect someone or something with the eyes, or as if by sight.
    • Pretty soon I struck into a sort of path.[…]It twisted and turned,[…]and opened out into a big clear space like a lawn. And, back of the lawn, was a big, old-fashioned house, with piazzas stretching in front of it, and all blazing with lights. 'Twas the house I'd seen the roof of from the beach.1913, Joseph C[rosby] Lincoln, chapter I, in Mr. Pratt’s Patients, New York, N.Y.; London: D[aniel] Appleton and Company, →OCLC, page 18
    1. (transitive) To witness or observe by personal experience.
      • Now I've seen it all!
    2. (transitive) To watch (a movie) at a cinema, or a show on television etc.
      • I saw the latest Tarantino flick last week.
  2. To form a mental picture of, to perceive in a certain way.
    • I see it as essential that there should be somewhere to park.
    1. (figuratively) To understand.
      • Do you see what I mean?
    2. (figuratively) To come to a realization of having been mistaken or misled.
      • They're blind to the damage they do, but someday they'll see.

See all 27 meanings of see

Adjective

sawn (not comparable)

  1. That has been subjected to sawing; having a part removed by sawing.
    • His last action was to slip his right hand under the pillow until it rested under the butt of the ·38 Colt Police Positive with the sawn barrel.1953, Ian Fleming, “The Secret Agent”, in Casino Royale, London: Pan Books, published 1955, page 13

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Phrases with sawn

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Questions about sawn

What does sawn mean?
Sawn means that has been subjected to sawing; having a part removed by sawing.
What is sawn the past participle of?
Sawn is the past participle of saw.
What part of speech is sawn?
Sawn is an adjective.

Words near sawn in the dictionary

  1. sawmilled
  2. sawmiller
  3. sawmillers
  4. sawmilling
  5. sawmills
  6. sawn
  7. sawn gourds
  8. sawn logs
  9. sawn off
  10. sawn off the branch one was sitting on
  11. sawn wood

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: sawn (page history and authors); saw (page history and authors); see (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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