sawed

English

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -ɔːd
• Homophones: sod (cot–caught merger); sword (non-rhotic, horse–hoarse merger)

Etymology 1

Regular addition of the past tense suffix -ed to saw.

Verb

sawed

1. simple past and past participle of saw

Etymology 2

Nonstandard addition of -ed to saw, which is already a strong past tense form of see.

Verb

sawed

1. (dialectal, often humorous) simple past of see
   • 1903, Darnley: Or, The Field of the Cloth of Gold:

     "Yes, yes, el Pero! that was himself!" cried the captain; "I sawed him at the ale-house at Penzance with my own eye."

Anagrams

• Dawes, wades

Sundanese

Etymology

From Javanese ꦱꦮꦼꦢ꧀ (sawed)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsawəd/

Noun

sawed (Sundanese script ᮞᮝᮨᮓ᮪)

1. a strap (either from leather or rattan) which fastens the yoke to the neck of the buffalo for ploughing

Derived terms

• pecat sawed

Further reading

• "SAWĔD", in Coolsma, S (1913), Soendaneesch-Hollandsch Woordenboek (in Dutch), Leiden: A.W. Sijthoff's Uitgeversmaatschappij