How do you use the word "saw" in a sentence?

Here are real-life examples of using "saw": When I left the train station, I saw a man. I never saw a red fridge.

Saw Meaning

/sɔː/

Definition, CEFR level B1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.

Definition

nounA tool with a toothed blade used for cutting hard substances, in particular wood or metal.

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

Sentence Examples

When I left the train station, I saw a man.

I never saw a red fridge.

I saw a couple of men get out.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms:

see understand realize

Antonyms:

None

CEFR Practice Quiz

The carpenter used a ____ to cut the wooden board into two pieces.

CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)

The carpenter used a sharp ____ to cut the plank of wood to the correct length.

Word Origin & History

Etymology tree Middle English sawe English saw The noun from Middle English sawe, sawgh, from Old English saga, sagu (“saw”), from Proto-West Germanic *sagu, from Proto-Germanic *sagô, *sagō (“saw”), from Proto-Indo-European *sek- (“to cut”). Cognate with West Frisian seage (“saw”), Dutch zaag (“saw”), German Säge (“saw”), Danish sav (“saw”), Faroese, Norwegian Bokmål, and Norwegian Nynorsk sag (“saw”), Swedish såg (“saw”), Icelandic sög (“saw”), and through Indo-European, with Latin secō (“cut”) and Italian sega (“saw”). The verb from Middle English sawen, from the noun above.

Literary Quotations & Historical Citations

"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:

"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:

"And for thy trew sawys, and I may lyve many wynters, there was never no knyght better rewardid[…]. And for your true discourses, and I may live many winters, there was never no knight better rewarded[…]." — 1470–1485 (date produced), Thomas Malory, “(please specify the chapter)”, in [Le Morte Darthur], book V, [London: […] by William Caxton], published 31 July 1485, →OCLC; republished as H[einrich] Oskar Sommer, editor, Le Morte Darthur […], London: David Nutt, […], 1889, →OCLC:

"And then the justice, / In fair round belly with good capon lined, / With eyes severe and beard of formal cut, / Full of wise saws and modern instances." — c. 1598–1600 (date written), William Shakespeare, “As You Like It”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene vii], lines 152-5:

"At his crowning[…] the priest in his honour preached on the saw, 'Vox populi, vox Dei.'" — 1902, Charles Robert Ashbee, Masque of the Edwards of England, page 8:

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