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Sawn meaning

  1. past participle of saw
  2. past participle of see; seen

Using Sawn

  • The main meaning on this page is: past participle of saw | past participle of see; seen
  • In the example corpus, sawn often appears in combinations such as: sawn timber, sawn lumber, sawn in.

Context around Sawn

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 23.5 words
  • Position in the sentence: 6 start, 10 middle, 4 end
  • Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

white 1× pit 1× petroleum 1× dry 1× loaded 1×

Often after:

off 8× timber 3× rocks 1× drinking 1× kauri 1× wood 1× lumber 1× planks 1×

Sentence patterns with Sawn

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

and white sawn drinking whiskies 1× contained a sawn off shotgun 1× crude petroleum sawn wood rough 1× from pit sawn kauri in 1× had a sawn off shotgun 1× has been sawn into boards 1× including a sawn off shotgun 1× metal and sawn timber 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

a sawed off 1× alan read and 1× coach guns are 1× dane had a 1× elsewhere lumber usually 1× for instance the 1×

Common sentence endings:

2nd maccabees reference 1× and agricultural products 1× and commercial buildings 1× and sawn timber 1× and two cartridges 1× before the shooting 1×

Words around Sawn

Just before it in the word index:

sawmills 25 sawmilling 5 sawmillers 2 sawmill 69 sawlogs 2 sawley 3

Just after it in the word index:

sawo 2 sawoe 2 sawrey 4 sawridge 3 saws 85 sawston 2

Similar in corpus frequency:

abbe 37 abdollahian 37 abergavenny 37 abeyance 37 abounded 37 acetylene 37

Corpus analysis for Sawn

  • In this selection, "sawn" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 23.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, white, pit, petroleum, off, timber and rocks stand out and add context to how "sawn" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include and white sawn drinking whiskies and contained a sawn off shotgun. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "sawn" sits close to words such as abbe, abdollahian and abergavenny, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with sawn

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

The Company processes wood into sawn timber, plywood, chipboard and more. (11 words)

Alan Read and Suzy Wynbergen-Read at Sawn Rocks, Mount Kaputar National Park. (13 words)

She was seen at four pubs - including the Regent and White Sawn - drinking whiskies and beer. (16 words)

Longer example sentences

You took with you all the weapons you had with you, including a sawn-off shotgun, together with all that you could carry in order to remove any trace of your presence from Natasha’s flat. (36 words)

For instance, the author of Hebrews references oral tradition which spoke of an Old Testament prophet who was sawn in half in Hebrews 11:37, two verses after the 2nd Maccabees reference. (32 words)

The decline in share of domestic goods amongst Estonia's total exports for the month was a result of declining exports of mineral products, communication equipment, scrap metal, and sawn timber. (31 words)

Example sentences (20)

Alan Read and Suzy Wynbergen-Read at Sawn Rocks, Mount Kaputar National Park.

Dane had a sawn-off shotgun pointed at his face and was robbed of his £22,000 Rolex Daytona and was struck on the head with a bat.

Glendenning admitted possessing a sawn-off shotgun, burglary, affray, common assault and aggravated vehicle-taking and was jailed at the court in Newcastle.

Only about 6% of the forest’s carbon ends up in long-lasting wood products such as sawn timber, plywood and engineered wood used in buildings and furniture.

She was seen at four pubs - including the Regent and White Sawn - drinking whiskies and beer.

The Company processes wood into sawn timber, plywood, chipboard and more.

The decline in share of domestic goods amongst Estonia's total exports for the month was a result of declining exports of mineral products, communication equipment, scrap metal, and sawn timber.

The Gables is New Zealand’s oldest operating restaurant, built from pit-sawn kauri in 1847.

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Three firearms – a revolver, a sawn-off shotgun and a handgun, were seized after officers stopped a car in in January.

You took with you all the weapons you had with you, including a sawn-off shotgun, together with all that you could carry in order to remove any trace of your presence from Natasha’s flat.

Officers searched the property and discovered a red plastic CEX bag inside a wheelie bin which contained a sawn-off shotgun and two cartridges.

She had sawn the butt and barrel off the rifle with a hacksaw the morning before the shooting.

The majority of Cameroon's exports to its partners remains in natural resources; crude petroleum, sawn wood, rough wood and agricultural products.

Sawmills themselves will install these Co-Gen plants to first make electricity, then dry sawn lumber and last, sell the surplus heat to close-by homes and commercial buildings.

She condemned the mix of prohibited weapons with the “drug milieu”, particularly noting the loaded sawn-off shotgun found in the Mustang’s glovebox.

A sawed-off shotgun (or "sawn-off") refers to a shotgun whose barrel has been shortened, leaving it more maneuverable, easier to use at short range and more readily concealed.

Coach guns are similar to sawn-off shotguns, except they are manufactured with a 46 cm (18") barrel and are legal for civilian ownership in some jurisdictions.

Elsewhere, lumber usually refers to felled trees, and the word for sawn planks ready for use is timber.

For instance, the author of Hebrews references oral tradition which spoke of an Old Testament prophet who was sawn in half in Hebrews 11:37, two verses after the 2nd Maccabees reference.

Hence, dead branches produce knots which are not attached, and likely to drop out after the tree has been sawn into boards.

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Common combinations with sawn

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "sawn" in a sentence?
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What does "sawn" mean?
Sawn means: past participle of saw
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