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saws wood

saws wood is the third-person singular simple present indicative of saw wood.

Meaning of saw wood

Verb

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

  1. (idiomatic) To snore loudly.
    • Monsignor Charles Kekumano, 78, was snoring loudly in his bed. Every so often, he would stop sawing wood—and break into the delightfully mischievous grin that made him so famous.1998 January 23, Diane Chang, “Monsignor Kekumano is now in heaven”, in Honolulu Star-Bulletin
    Synonyms:
    saw logs

Questions about saws wood

What is saws wood the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Saws wood is the third-person singular simple present indicative of saw wood.

Words near saws wood in the dictionary

  1. saws gourds
  2. saws logs
  3. saws off
  4. saws off the branch one is sitting on
  5. saws the baby in half
  6. saws wood
  7. sawset
  8. sawsets
  9. sawshark
  10. sawsharks
  11. sawsmith

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