saw
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 →
2) A saw is a tool with a sharp toothed blade for cutting wood or metal. tree →
3) To saw is to cut with a saw. tree →
4) An old saying is sometimes called a saw. tree →
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 →
- He saw 5 cars and 3 buses. tree →
- He used a saw to cut the board into 4 pieces. tree →
- How many animals did they see in all? tree →
- I saw a rainbow after the rain. tree →
- Dad sawed the branch off the tree. tree →
- Wear goggles when you use a saw. tree →
- We saw a film at the cinema last night. tree →
- The children played on the seesaw. tree →
- Then there was a great deal of hewing and sawing, and at last the three-decker was built. tree →
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.
- The confirmed part of a street story is what someone actually saw, like a car parked in a space on Tuesday.
- Good parents ask how you feel, not only what you saw.
- Good parents ask how you feel, not only what you saw, and they listen.
- You don't have to explain everything; one sentence is enough: "I saw something not for kids."
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «saw» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.