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1. To cut (something) with a saw.

   Example: They were stoned, they were sawn asunder, were tempted, were slain with the sword: they wandered about in sheepskins and goatskins; being destitute, afflicted, tormented;

2. To make a motion back and forth similar to cutting something with a saw.

   Example: The fiddler sawed away at his instrument.

3. To be cut with a saw.

   Example: The timber saws smoothly.

4. To form or produce (something) by cutting with a saw.

   Example: to saw boards or planks (i.e. to saw logs or timber into boards or planks)