SAW

[verb] [past:] simple sawed, past participle sawn or [esp. US] sawedShe spent the morning sawing (= cutting with a saw). [I]I sawed off the dead branches of the tree. [M]I'll saw the logs up into smaller pieces. [M]We'll have to saw that tree down (= cut it down). [M]To saw also means to play a musical instrument badly, as if you were playing it with a saw.He was sawing away at his violin, making a terrible noise!