saw3Pronunciation: /sɔː/Translate saw | into French | into German | into Italian | into Spanish Definition of saw noun a proverb or maxim: it is worth bearing in mind another old saw: ‘oppositions do not win elections; governments lose them’Origin: Old English sagu 'a saying, speech', of Germanic origin; related to German Sage, also to say and sagasaw in other Oxford dictionaries Definition of saw in the US English dictionary