New English-Irish Dictionary

Similar words: gnaw away at · eat away at · bash away at · chip away at · batter away at · chisel away at · grind away at · make away with · nibble away at · walk away with

saw

1 noun DIY toolsábh masc1 c m utoireasc masc1 c m uelectric saw sábh leictreach 2 noun old sayingnath masc3 c m useanfhocal masc1 c m useanrá masc4 c m u

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3 verb DIY cut with tool TRANSITIVEsábh verb c m ugearr le sábhshe sawed it in half ghearr sí ina dhá leath le sábh é

phrasal verbs

saw at

(also

saw away at

) 1 (v + prep) cut TRANSITIVEsábh verb c m ugearr le sábh 2 MUS, informal (v + prep) play roughly TRANSITIVEbheith ag streancánacht arshe was sawing away at the fiddle bhí sí ag streancánacht léi ar an bhfidil

saw down

1 (v + adv) cut down TRANSITIVEgearr anuas le sábh 2 (v + adv) shorten TRANSITIVEgearr siar le sábhthey were sawn down to 5 cm gearradh siar go dtí 5 cm le sábh iad

saw off

(v + adv) TRANSITIVEthe top was sawn off baineadh an barr de le sábh

saw through

(v + prep) TRANSITIVEI sawed through the bolt ghearr mé tríd an mbolta le sábh

saw up

(v + adv) TRANSITIVEwe sawed the wood up into pieces rinneamar giotaí den adhmad le sábh

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she was sawing away at the fiddle bhí sí ag streancánacht léi ar an bhfidil

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