Die woord "saag" het verskeie woordeboekbetekenisse, afhangende van die konteks daarvan:
As 'n selfstandige naamwoord is 'n "saag" 'n gereedskap wat bestaan uit 'n lang, smal lem met tande op een rand, gebruik om deur verskeie materiale soos hout, metaal of klip te sny.
As 'n werkwoord verwys "saag" na die handeling om iets te sny met 'n saag .
"Saag" is ook die verlede tyd van die werkwoord "sien", wat beteken om met die oë of ander sintuie waar te neem.
Boonop kan "sien" 'n eenvoudige verlede tyd wees van die onreëlmatige werkwoord "sien" wat beteken om iets met jou oë of 'n ander sintuig waar te neem.
In dialekte en streeksvariasies van Engels kan "saw" ook gebruik word as 'n vorige deelwoord van die werkwoord "sien" om "gesien" te beteken.
1. Truth be told, Eleanor was the spitting image of Violet Ayrwick, and everyone saw it but them.
2. I mentally added it to the list of things to ask Nana D the next time I saw her.
3. Castle considered my words, then saw my father step to the podium.
4. Stepping away from his desk, I saw a notation on a post-it about contact with an Alton Monroe.
5. It worried me, especially when I saw that police car here yesterday.
6. Now you tell me you saw someone near where Abby died under mysterious circumstances.
7. Thought she saw you walking that night, but you were looking the other way or something.
8. When I pulled out my phone to call her, I saw a new email from Derek with the name of the hotel and a copy of his check-in registration.
9. I saw a slight resemblance between Lorraine and Alton, in their pinned-back ears, hair color, and narrow jawlines.
10. I held it up to the light by my bedside table and saw the definite markings of a failing grade.