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One way of watering down the effects of violence is to approach it in a more lighthearted way. I don't mean to say that you laugh when somebody has their arm sawn off, but you can diffuse fear with humour.
Colin Baker

Meaning of "sawn" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF SAWN

sawn  [sɔːn] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SAWN

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Sawn is a verb.
The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb sawn in English.

WHAT DOES SAWN MEAN IN ENGLISH?

sawn

Sawm

Sawm is an Arabic word for fasting regulated by Islamic jurisprudence. In the terminology of Islamic law, sawm means to abstain from eating and drinking during daylight hours. The observance of sawm during the Islamic holy month of Ramadan is one of the Five Pillars of Islam, but is not confined to that year.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO SAWN

PRESENT

Present
I sawn
you sawn
he/she/it sawns
we sawn
you sawn
they sawn
Present continuous
I am sawning
you are sawning
he/she/it is sawning
we are sawning
you are sawning
they are sawning
Present perfect
I have sawned
you have sawned
he/she/it has sawned
we have sawned
you have sawned
they have sawned
Present perfect continuous
I have been sawning
you have been sawning
he/she/it has been sawning
we have been sawning
you have been sawning
they have been sawning
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I sawned
you sawned
he/she/it sawned
we sawned
you sawned
they sawned
Past continuous
I was sawning
you were sawning
he/she/it was sawning
we were sawning
you were sawning
they were sawning
Past perfect
I had sawned
you had sawned
he/she/it had sawned
we had sawned
you had sawned
they had sawned
Past perfect continuous
I had been sawning
you had been sawning
he/she/it had been sawning
we had been sawning
you had been sawning
they had been sawning
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will sawn
you will sawn
he/she/it will sawn
we will sawn
you will sawn
they will sawn
Future continuous
I will be sawning
you will be sawning
he/she/it will be sawning
we will be sawning
you will be sawning
they will be sawning
Future perfect
I will have sawned
you will have sawned
he/she/it will have sawned
we will have sawned
you will have sawned
they will have sawned
Future perfect continuous
I will have been sawning
you will have been sawning
he/she/it will have been sawning
we will have been sawning
you will have been sawning
they will have been sawning
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would sawn
you would sawn
he/she/it would sawn
we would sawn
you would sawn
they would sawn
Conditional continuous
I would be sawning
you would be sawning
he/she/it would be sawning
we would be sawning
you would be sawning
they would be sawning
Conditional perfect
I would have sawn
you would have sawn
he/she/it would have sawn
we would have sawn
you would have sawn
they would have sawn
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been sawning
you would have been sawning
he/she/it would have been sawning
we would have been sawning
you would have been sawning
they would have been sawning
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you sawn
we let´s sawn
you sawn
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to sawn
Past participle
sawned
Present Participle
sawning
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH SAWN


airborne
ˈɛəˌbɔːn
Bon
bɔːn
born
bɔːn
borne
bɔːn
corn
kɔːn
dawn
dɔːn
drawn
drɔːn
horn
hɔːn
lawn
lɔːn
newborn
ˈnjuːˌbɔːn
popcorn
ˈpɒpˌkɔːn
porn
pɔːn
reborn
riːˈbɔːn
thorn
θɔːn
torn
tɔːn
Trabzon
ˈtrɑːbzɔːn
unicorn
ˈjuːnɪˌkɔːn
warn
wɔːn
withdrawn
wɪðˈdrɔːn
worn
wɔːn

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SAWN

sawdust
sawdusty
sawed
sawed-off
sawed-off shotgun
sawer
sawfish
sawflies
sawfly
sawhorse
sawlike
sawlog
sawmill
sawn-off
sawn-off shotgun
Sawney
sawshark
sawtimber
sawtooth
sawyer

WORDS THAT END LIKE SAWN

at daggers drawn
awn
bawn
brawn
crack of dawn
fawn
frogspawn
horse-drawn
in fawn
king prawn
mawn
overdrawn
pawn
prawn
redrawn
spawn
the battle lines are drawn
thrawn
tiger prawn
yawn

Synonyms and antonyms of sawn in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «sawn» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SAWN

Find out the translation of sawn to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of sawn from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «sawn» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

aserrada
570 millions of speakers

English

sawn
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

sawn
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

منشور
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

распиленные
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

serrada
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

sawn
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

scié
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Gergajian
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

gesägt
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ソーン
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

목재
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Sawn
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

xẻ
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

sawn
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

Sawn
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Kesilmiş
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

segato
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

przetarte
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

розпиляні
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

cherestea
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

πριστή
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

gesaagde
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

sågat
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

saget
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of sawn

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SAWN»

The term «sawn» is quite widely used and occupies the 52.262 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SAWN» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about sawn

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QUOTES WITH «SAWN»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word sawn.
1
Colin Baker
One way of watering down the effects of violence is to approach it in a more lighthearted way. I don't mean to say that you laugh when somebody has their arm sawn off, but you can diffuse fear with humour.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SAWN»

Discover the use of sawn in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to sawn and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Sawn-Off Tales
David Gaffney's compact, surreal tales are filled with poignancy and wit. Each story goes off like a tiny depth charge in the mind, leaving you with the trace memory of some new urban myth - comic, absurd and disturbingly true.
David Gaffney, 2006
2
Fishing Boat Construction: Building a sawn-frame fishing boat
The publication is intended to provide the reader with a sound basic knowledge of ferrocement and its potential and limitations in boatbuilding.
‎1988
3
The Complete Idiot's Guide to Woodworking
The Cuts: Flat-Sawn, Quarter-Sawn, and Mixed-Sawn In Chapter 9, “Wood's Wild Ways,” I described flat-sawn, quarter-sawn, and rift-sawn grain patterns and how ring orientation causes them. Mixed-sawn or randomly sawn logs are cut for ...
Reed Karen, 2002
4
Making Wood Signs
12-6 ' Shown here are some dlfficult-to-blast hardwoods. From left to right: plain- sawn ash, plain-sawn Philippine mahogany, plain-sawn hard maple, plain- sawn red oak, and plain-sawn American elm. 12-7 • More sandblasted hardwoods.
‎2003
5
Incidence of the pine wood nematode in green coniferous sawn ...
United States Department of Agriculture Forest Service Southeastern Forest Experiment Station Research Note SE-367 May 1993 L. David Dwinell Abstract Samples of green sawn Douglas-fir, redwood, ponderosa pine, and while fir were  ...
L. David Dwinell, Southeastern Forest Experiment Station (Asheville, N.C.), 1993
6
Electric Guitar Construction
This is not a separate species of maple but rather. is found occasionally when the logs are swan open. This rarity makes the birdseye maple more costly than its plainer form. Many sources will sug- Flat-sawn wood comes from this part of the ...
Tom Hirst, 2003
7
Bulletin of the International Railway Congress
S. Are sleepers sawn or axe and adze hewn t Southern Mahbatta. — Sawn. Western India Portuguese. — Sawn. Bombay, Baroda & Central India. — Sawn. Blavnaoar-Gondol. — Chiefly sawn. Moavi. — Cannot say. Rajputana Malwa.
‎1904
8
Bulletin of the International Railway Congress Association
Are sleepers sawn or axe and adze hewnt Southern Mahratta. — Sawn. Western India Portuguese. — Sawn. Bombay, Baroda & Central India. — Sawn. Blavnaoar -Gondol. — Chiefly sawn. Morvi. — Cannot say. Rajpi tana Malwa. — Sawn.
International Railway Congress Association, 1904
9
Proceedings
SourasaN MAIInA'rrA. — Sawn. WasranN INDIA Pon'rtrnuasa. — Sawn. BonaAY, BAItonA & CENTRAL INDIA. — Sawn. BLA\'NAGAR-GONDOL. —- Chiefly sawn. Moaw. — Cannot say. RAJrL'rANA MALWA. ~— Sawn. Jonnecn-BIKANaa.
International Railway Congress Association, 1906
10
Black & Decker The Complete Photo Guide to Sheds, Barns & ...
... 4x4 rough-sawn cedar Window posts ... 4x4 rough-sawn cedar Post bases 6, with nails Simpson BC40 Post-beam connectors 8 pieces, with nails Simpson LC E ...
Black & Decker Corporation (Towson, Md.), 2010

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SAWN»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term sawn is used in the context of the following news items.
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VIDEO: Sawn-off shotgun gang jailed after Stretford bookmaker …
A GANG who targeted a Stretford bookmaker with a sawn-off shotgun as part of a four week crime spree have been jailed. Romahn Richards, 23, of Oundle ... «Messenger Newspapers, Jul 15»
2
Convicted armed robber who hid sawn-off shotguns in his Pembury …
A convicted armed robber who hid two sawn-off shotguns in his loft in Pembury has been jailed for nearly eight years. When Kent Police searched Stephen ... «Kent and Sussex Courier, Jul 15»
3
Ngunnawal woman to face court over sawn-off shotgun found in her …
The sawn-off shotgun that was found in a Ngunnawal home, in an image ... A Ngunnawal woman will face court after police found a sawn-off shotgun and ... «The Canberra Times, Jun 15»
4
Sawn-off shotgun found in Dundonald Cemetery
A sawn-off shotgun has been discovered in a cemetery in east Belfast. The weapon was found in Dundonald Cemetery on Saturday afternoon by a member of ... «BBC News, Jun 15»
5
Chepstow man jailed for shooting sawn-off shotgun in a public place …
A CHEPSTOW man has been jailed for possessing a loaded shotgun in a public place and offering to supply heroin – just weeks before he was due to be ... «South Wales Argus, Jun 15»
6
Video: Reward offered over Sheffield sawn-off shotgun raid
A £10,000 reward has been offered for information after a robber armed with a sawn-off shotgun raided a Sheffield supermarket. Staff at the Nether Edge branch ... «Yorkshire Post, Jun 15»
7
iPhone beats sawn-off shotgun
Daniel Kennedy is alive today - because his iPhone managed to absorb most of the blast when a teenager shot him with a sawn off shotgun. «Times LIVE, May 15»
8
iPhone 5c saves life of UK man shot with sawn-off shotgun
A father of two attacked with a sawn-off shotgun would "undoubtedly have died" if it wasn't for the iPhone 5c in his pocket, which took the brunt of the blast. «International Business Times UK, May 15»
9
Dad-of-two gunned down with sawn-off shotgun by vandals cheats …
Daniel Kennedy was blasted with a sawn-off double barrelled shotgun on a public footpath as he remonstrated with teens intimidating locals who'd switched off ... «Mirror.co.uk, May 15»
10
Man admits Bootle sawn-off shotgun possession at Liverpool …
A 21-year-old man admitted being in possession of a sawn-off shotgun that was found inside a Bootle pub. Shaun Offlands, of no fixed abode, was arrested on ... «Liverpool Echo, Apr 15»

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