English
A chainsaw
Alternative forms
Noun
chainsaw (plural chainsaws)
- 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
saw with a power-driven chain
- Armenian: բենզասղոց (benzasłocʿ)
- Catalan: serra de cadena f
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 電鏈鋸, 电链锯 (diànliànjù), 電鋸 (zh), 电锯 (zh) (diànjù), 鏈鋸 (zh), 链锯 (zh) (liànjù)
- Czech: řetězová pila f
- Danish: kædesav c, motorsav c
- Dutch: kettingzaag (nl) f
- Esperanto:
- Estonian: mootorsaag
- Faroese: ketusag f
- Finnish: moottorisaha (fi)
- French: tronçonneuse (fr) f, scie à chaîne (fr) (Quebec French)
- Galician: motoserra f
- Georgian: ბენზოხერხი (benzoxerxi), ჯაჭვური ხერხი (ǯač̣vuri xerxi)
- German: Kettensäge (de) f, Motorsäge (de) f
- Greek: αλυσοπρίονο (el) n (alysopríono)
- Hungarian: láncfűrész (hu)
- Icelandic: keðjusög f
- Indonesian: gergaji rantai (id), gergaji listrik (id) (electric saw)
- Interlingua: chainsaw
- Italian: motosega (it) f
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- Japanese: チェーンソー (chēnsō), 鎖鋸 (くさりのこ, kusarinoko)
- Khmer: រណាយន្ត (rənaa yʊən), រណាច្រវាក់ (rənaa crɑvak)
- Korean: 체인톱 (cheintop)
- Latvian: motorzāģis m
- Macedonian: моторна пила́ f (motorna pilá)
- Navajo: bee achʼiishí diitsʼaʼí
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: motorsag m, f
- Nynorsk: motorsag f
- Polish: piła łańcuchowa f
- Portuguese: motosserra f
- Romanian: drujbă (ro) f
- Russian: бензопила́ (ru) f (benzopilá), цепна́я пила́ f (cepnája pilá)
- Slovak: reťazová píla f
- Slovene: motorka f
- Spanish: motosierra (es) f, sierra eléctrica (es) f, sierra de cadena f
- Swedish: motorsåg (sv) c
- Thai:
- Turkish: motorlu testere, zincirli testere
- Welsh: llif gadwyn f
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Verb
chainsaw (third-person singular simple present chainsaws, present participle chainsawing, simple past chainsawed, past participle chainsawed or chainsawn)
- To cut with a chainsaw.
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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.