saw >> sɔː
Definition: [noun] a hand tool for cutting wood or other hard materials, typically with a long, thin serrated blade and operated using a backwards and forwards movement.
Definition: [verb] cut (something) using a saw.
Example: the top of each post is sawn off at railing height
Definition: [verb] make rapid to-and-fro motions in cutting something or in playing a stringed instrument.
Example: he was sawing away energetically at the loaf