saw wood en · VERB
Pronunciation
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Meanings
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(idiomatic) To snore loudly.
"You keep all of Mouse Lodge awake sawing wood every night. You're a fine one to complain about someone else snoring."
2009, Elizabeth Haydon, The Dragon's Lair, →ISBN, page 125:Monsignor Charles Kekumano, 78, was snoring loudly in his bed. Every so often, he would stop sawing wood—and break into the delightfully mischievous grin that made him so famous.
1998 January 23, Diane Chang, “Monsignor Kekumano is now in heaven”, in Honolulu Star-Bulletin:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| sawn wood | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| sawing wood | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| saws wood | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| sawed wood | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| sawed wood | Tense=Past | lexicographic |
Synonyms
Translations (5)
hu horkol (idioms meaning "to snore") · hu hortyog (idioms meaning "to snore") · hu húzza a lóbőrt (idioms meaning "to snore") · hu durmol (idioms meaning "to snore") · fi vetää hirsiä (idioms meaning "to snore")