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# saw

«saw» in Mova's school dictionary: **the past form of see: «I saw a bird.»** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

verb past (see, sees, saw, seen, seeing); noun (a saw, saws); verb (saw, saws, sawed, sawn or sawed, sawing)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Saw is the past form of see: «I saw a bird.» [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/saw/#m1)

2) A saw is a tool with a sharp toothed blade for cutting wood or metal. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/saw/#m2)

3) To saw is to cut with a saw. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/saw/#m3)

4) An old saying is sometimes called a saw. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/saw/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

In maths: usually the story verb «saw» (counted things seen, often added); sometimes a tool that cuts boards into pieces (cuts = pieces − 1). In D&T and building: hand saws, safety goggles. In science: a seesaw is a lever. In stories: «I saw it with my own eyes».

### examples

- She saw 12 birds in the park. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/saw/#x1)
- He saw 5 cars and 3 buses. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/saw/#x2)
- He used a saw to cut the board into 4 pieces. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/saw/#x3)
- How many animals did they see in all? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/saw/#x4)
- I saw a rainbow after the rain. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/saw/#x5)
- Dad sawed the branch off the tree. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/saw/#x6)
- Wear goggles when you use a saw. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/saw/#x7)
- We saw a film at the cinema last night. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/saw/#x8)
- The children played on the seesaw. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/saw/#x9)
- Then there was a great deal of hewing and sawing, and at last the three-decker was built. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/saw/#x10)

### note

As «saw» (see) it brings the things counted, often added. As a tool, cutting into pieces leads to division. Trap: cuts = pieces − 1. Forms of see: see, saw, seen («I have seen», not «I have saw»). Safety: saws are sharp; use them only with an adult.

### In the corpora

- [Third time this week!» What she saw is one car in one space on Tuesday.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/41-our-street-who-parked-where-and-who-won-what/10/)
- [The confirmed part of a street story is what someone actually saw, like a car parked in a space on Tuesday.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/41-our-street-who-parked-where-and-who-won-what/15/)
- [Good parents ask how you feel, not only what you saw.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/59-the-parents-walk-in-how-good-parents-react/2/)
- [Good parents ask how you feel, not only what you saw, and they listen.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/59-the-parents-walk-in-how-good-parents-react/15/)
- [You don't have to explain everything; one sentence is enough: "I saw something not for kids."](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/60-next-time-switch-off-tell-and-parental-controls/3/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «saw» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/saw/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.