SAW WOOD

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does saw wood mean? 

• SAW WOOD (verb)
  The verb SAW WOOD has 1 sense:

1. breathe noisily during one's sleep

  Familiarity information: SAW WOOD used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SAW WOOD (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Breathe noisily during one's sleep

Classified under:

Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care

Synonyms:

saw logs; saw wood; snore

Context example:

she complained that her husband snores

Hypernyms (to "saw wood" is one way to...):

breathe; respire; suspire; take a breath (draw air into, and expel out of, the lungs)

"Saw wood" entails doing...:

catch some Z's; kip; log Z's; sleep; slumber (be asleep)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s

 Context examples 

Say nothin’ but saw wood.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)