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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

saw-toothed en · ADJ

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Having a jagged edge like a saw.
    • […] everywhere between the poplar stems the saw-toothed outline of the western forts cuts the blue sky. 1857, Charles Kingsley, chapter 5, in Two Years Ago, volume 3, Cambridge: Macmillan, page 135:
    • To the south the landscape changes and the gradient profile immediately becomes saw-toothed, as the line rises and falls with the rolling undulations of this rich farming countryside; [...]. 1961 January, G. H. Robin, “Resorts for Railfans - 32: Ayr”, in Trains Illustrated, page 49:
    • But afterwards three of their Companie were slaine, who in seeking food for life, found death at the hand of naked Sauages, whose weapons were Saw-toothed Darts, which if they entred, must be cut out of the flesh. 1625, Samuel Purchas, chapter 5, in Purchas his Pilgrimes, volume 1, book 2, London: Henry Fetherstone, page 79:
    • Craning our necks, we could see that what we had taken for the shore-line on that side was actually a high, thin, saw-toothed ledge of rock […] 1929, Dashiell Hammett, chapter 17, in The Dain Curse, New York: Vintage, published 1972, page 149:
    • Hours later, having brought in the yellow raft laden with supplies to the green shore, then hidden them in the saw-toothed tall grass, an exhausted Cohn followed Buz into the forest. 1982, Bernard Malamud, “The Flood”, in God’s Grace, New York: Avon, published 1983, page 31:

Synonyms

jaggy · serrated · saw-tooth

Translations (7)

fi sahahampainen (having a jagged edge like a saw) · grc καρχαρόδους (having a jagged edge like a saw) · ro fierăstruit (having a jagged edge like a saw) · ro ferestruit (having a jagged edge like a saw) · bg назъбен (having a jagged edge like a saw) · fi sahalaitainen (having a jagged edge like a saw) · bg трионовиден (having a jagged edge like a saw)