1. (noun)proverb, adage, saw, byword a condensed but memorable saying embodying some important fact of experience that is taken as true by many people Synonyms: adage, saw, power saw, byword, sawing machine, proverb
2. (noun)saw hand tool having a toothed blade for cutting Synonyms: adage, power saw, byword, sawing machine, proverb
3. (verb)power saw, saw, sawing machine a power tool for cutting wood Synonyms: byword, adage, saw, power saw, sawing machine, proverb
4. (verb)saw cut with a saw
Synonyms, Thesaurus & Antonyms of 'saw'
English Synonyms and Antonyms
1. saw The proverb or adage gives homely truth in condensed, practical form, the adage often pictorial. "Hope deferred maketh the heart sick" is a proverb; "The cat loves fish, but dares not wet her Synonyms: proverb, adage, axiom, maxim, saw, aphorism, byword, motto, saying, apothegm, dictum, precept, truism