Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A usually power-driven saw with a narrow vertical blade, used to cut sharp curves.
- transitive verb To cut or form with a jigsaw.
- transitive verb To arrange intricately; interlock.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
saw withfine teeth and anarrow blade which can cutcurves inwood ormetal . - noun A
jigsaw puzzle . - verb transitive To
cut something using a jigsaw.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun fine-toothed power saw with a narrow blade; used to cut curved outlines
- noun a portable power saw with a reciprocating blade; can be used with a variety of blades depending on the application and kind of cut; generally have a plate that rides on the surface that is being cut
Etymologies
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Examples
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Perhaps the most important piece of the jigsaw is the casting.
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Until this last piece of the jigsaw is in place, Ireland will remain in limbo.
Irish Eyes Are Watering Simon Nixon 2010
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This story here on the Yellowstone National Park Grey Wolves and the beneficial effects that having wolves on your doorstep can have and just how important each piece of the jigsaw is to the whole reminds us that wolves used to live here too.
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This story here on the Yellowstone National Park Grey Wolves and the beneficial effects that having wolves on your doorstep can have and just how important each piece of the jigsaw is to the whole reminds us that wolves used to live here too.
Archive 2007-07-29 2007
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The interplay between the first half of the word jigsaw and most of the word glue?
TheNextWeb.com michel webdesigner 2009
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The interplay between the first half of the word jigsaw and most of the word glue?
doggdot.us 2008
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One technique that is used in schools to interrupt oppositional beliefs is called the jigsaw classroom experience: when children are placed in groups with other minorities, and given a project that requires everyone’s assistance, prejudices fall away, hostility fades, and group cooperation flourishes.37
Born to Believe Andrew Newberg 2006
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One technique that is used in schools to interrupt oppositional beliefs is called the jigsaw classroom experience: when children are placed in groups with other minorities, and given a project that requires everyone’s assistance, prejudices fall away, hostility fades, and group cooperation flourishes.37
Born to Believe Andrew Newberg 2006
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I have to say I'm a great admirer of Mike Arrington and what he's accomplished with TechCrunch but I just don't see how Edgeio is defensible when all the pieces of this jigsaw are already out there and, as Matt Terenzio observes the trend is toward distributed models superceding centralized marketplaces.
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I have to say I'm a great admirer of Mike Arrington and what he's accomplished with TechCrunch but I just don't see how Edgeio is defensible when all the pieces of this jigsaw are already out there and, as Matt Terenzio observes the trend is toward distributed models superceding centralized marketplaces.
March 2006 2006
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