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chainsaw

chainsaw

See also: chain saw

English

A chainsaw

Alternative forms

Noun

chainsaw (plural chainsaws)

  1. A saw that has a power-driven and fast-revolving chain of metal teeth, usually used to cut trees.
    He used a chainsaw to cut through the fallen tree on the roadway.

Translations

Verb

chainsaw (third-person singular simple present chainsaws, present participle chainsawing, simple past chainsawed, past participle chainsawed or chainsawn)

  1. To cut with a chainsaw.
    • 2009 September 9, Mike Funston, “Mississauga pulls green thorn from its paw”, in Toronto Star:
      She and Barber once stopped a developer from chainsawing mature trees on Mississauga Rd. by standing in front of them.