"fretsaw" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: fretsaws [plural], fret saw [alternative]
Etymology: From fret + saw. Etymology templates: {{com|en|fret|saw}} fret + saw Head templates: {{en-noun}} fretsaw (plural fretsaws)
  1. A saw consisting of a metal frame having a fine-toothed narrow blade held under tension, used in making curved cuts. Coordinate_terms: coping saw, scroll saw Translations (saw): serra de vogir d'arc [feminine] (Catalan), løvsav [common-gender] (Danish), figuurzaag [feminine] (Dutch), lehtisaha (Finnish), kuviosaha (Finnish), scie à chantourner [feminine] (French), Laubsäge [feminine] (German), lombfűrész (Hungarian), seghetto da traforo [masculine] (Italian), 실톱 (siltop) (Korean), kani whakaniko (Māori), løvsag [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), laubzega [feminine] (Polish), wyrzynarka [feminine] (Polish), serra de rodear [feminine] (Portuguese), ло́бзик (lóbzik) [masculine] (Russian), segueta [feminine] (Spanish), lövsåg [common-gender] (Swedish), เลื่อยฉลุ (Thai), лобзик (lobzyk) [masculine] (Ukrainian)
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Verb

Forms: fretsaws [present, singular, third-person], fretsawing [participle, present], fretsawed [past], fretsawed [participle, past], fretsawn [participle, past], fret saw [alternative]
Etymology: From fret + saw. Etymology templates: {{com|en|fret|saw}} fret + saw Head templates: {{en-verb|+|+|+|+,~n}} fretsaw (third-person singular simple present fretsaws, present participle fretsawing, simple past fretsawed, past participle fretsawed or fretsawn)
  1. (transitive) To cut with a fretsaw. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-fretsaw-en-verb-ablpBWs4

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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        "3": "saw"
      },
      "expansion": "fret + saw",
      "name": "com"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From fret + saw.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "fretsaws",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fretsawing",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fretsawed",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fretsawed",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fretsawn",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fret saw",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "+",
        "2": "+",
        "3": "+",
        "4": "+,~n"
      },
      "expansion": "fretsaw (third-person singular simple present fretsaws, present participle fretsawing, simple past fretsawed, past participle fretsawed or fretsawn)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To cut with a fretsaw."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "cut",
          "cut"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To cut with a fretsaw."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "fretsaw"
}

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