sawed
English
editPronunciation
editAudio (US): (file) - Rhymes: -ɔːd
- Homophones: sod (cot–caught merger); sword (non-rhotic, horse–hoarse merger)
Etymology 1
editRegular addition of the past tense suffix -ed to saw.
Verb
editsawed
- simple past and past participle of saw
Etymology 2
editNonstandard addition of -ed to saw, which is already a strong past tense form of see.
Verb
editsawed
- (dialectal, often humorous) simple past of see
- 1903, Darnley: Or, The Field of the Cloth of Gold:
- "Yes, yes, el Pero! that was himself!" cried the captain; "I sawed him at the ale-house at Penzance with my own eye."