"saw wood" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: En-au-saw wood.ogg [Australia] Forms: saws wood [present, singular, third-person], sawing wood [participle, present], sawed wood [past], sawed wood [participle, past], sawn wood [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*|past_ptc2=sawn wood}} saw wood (third-person singular simple present saws wood, present participle sawing wood, simple past sawed wood, past participle sawed wood or sawn wood)
  1. (idiomatic) To snore loudly. Tags: idiomatic Categories (topical): Sleep Synonyms: saw logs Translations (idioms meaning "to snore"): vetää hirsiä (Finnish), húzza a lóbőrt (Hungarian), horkol (Hungarian), hortyog (Hungarian), durmol (Hungarian)

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