# sawing

Pronunciation: say "SAW-ing" US /ˈsɔɪŋ/, UK /ˈsɔːɪŋ/

## Verb

1. Present participle and gerund of saw. — present participle and gerund of saw
   - Simple: Present participle of saw. Use this form for the action of cutting with a saw as it happens.
   - _The carpenter is sawing through a thick oak plank._
   - _Sawing the board in half took longer than anyone expected._

## Noun

2. The act by which a piece of material is cut through with a saw.
   - Simple: The act of cutting through something with a saw.
   - _The repeated sawing left a small mound of dust beneath the workbench._
   - _One clean sawing split the beam into two even halves._
3. A shaving or fragment produced when material is cut with a saw.
   - Simple: A small piece or shaving that falls off when something is cut with a saw.
   - _Fine sawings drifted down as the blade bit into the plank._
   - _He brushed stray sawings from his sleeve before standing up._

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