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American entrepreneur and investor (born 1985)
Samuel Harris Altman (born April 22, 1985) is an American entrepreneur and investor who has been the chief executive officer (CEO) of the artificial intelligence
Sam_Altman
2023 business action
2023, OpenAI's board of directors ousted co-founder and chief executive Sam Altman. In an official post on the company's website, it was stated that "the
Removal of Sam Altman from OpenAI
Removal_of_Sam_Altman_from_OpenAI
2026 U.S. lawsuit
California in which Elon Musk accused OpenAI and its executives, including CEO Sam Altman, of violating the company's founding agreement by prioritizing profits
Musk_v._Altman
American businessman and entrepreneur
software company he co-founded. Altman grew up in a suburb of St. Louis, Missouri, in a Jewish American family, alongside Sam Altman. Through high school, he
Jack_Altman_(investor)
2025 book documenting OpenAI's origins
Empire of AI: Dreams and Nightmares in Sam Altman's OpenAI is a book by Karen Hao released on May 20, 2025. It focuses on the history of OpenAI and its
Empire_of_AI
American artificial intelligence company
train some of OpenAI's products. In November 2023, OpenAI's board removed Sam Altman as CEO, citing a lack of confidence in him, but reinstated him five days
OpenAI
Computer scientist (born 1986)
2023, he was one of the members of OpenAI's board that ousted Sam Altman as its CEO; Altman was reinstated a week later, and Sutskever stepped down from
Ilya_Sutskever
scientific and executive leaders of several major AI companies, including Sam Altman, Demis Hassabis, and Bill Gates. The statement prompted responses from
Artificial intelligence controversies
Artificial_intelligence_controversies
2025 multimodal model by OpenAI
Copilot as well as to developers through the OpenAI API. On April 14, 2023, Sam Altman, the chief executive officer of OpenAI, spoke at an event at the Massachusetts
GPT-5
Albanian-American business executive
the removal of Sam Altman from the job. She had collaborated with Ilya Sutskever, whose 52-page memo outlining concerns about Altman relied heavily on
Mira_Murati
Cryptocurrency project
the project include Tools for Humanity, a company founded in 2019 by Sam Altman, Max Novendstern, and Alex Blania. World's stated mission is to provide
World_(blockchain)
American entrepreneur, investor and software developer (born 1987)
to 205 employees. Brockman left Stripe in May 2015. Brockman met with Sam Altman and Elon Musk, and led the recruiting of the OpenAI founding team. Many
Greg_Brockman
US technology company
sophomores Sam Altman and Nick Sivo worked to build the first prototype of Loopt. They were later joined by Alok Deshpande as well as two of Sam's childhood
Loopt
American advanced nuclear technology company developing compact fast nuclear reactors
DeWitte, Oklo Inc. focuses on fast-fission power plants. OpenAI co-founder Sam Altman served as Chairman of the Board of Directors, but stepped down in April
Oklo_Inc.
Large multimodal model from OpenAI
im-a-good-gpt2-chatbot, and im-also-a-good-gpt2-chatbot. On 7 May 2024, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman tweeted "im-a-good-gpt2-chatbot", which was commonly interpreted as a
GPT-4o
Director of strategy at CSET
Security and Emerging Technology. She was a board member of OpenAI when CEO Sam Altman was fired. In 2024, TIME magazine listed Toner among 100 most influential
Helen_Toner
Upcoming film by Luca Guadagnino
and written by Simon Rich. The film stars Andrew Garfield as OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and centers on his controversial firing and rehiring in 2023. The cast
Artificial_(upcoming_film)
American financier and investor
비욘드엑스 (in Korean). "China". Sam Altman. Retrieved 22 November 2025. Hagey, Keach (20 May 2025a). The Optimist: Sam Altman, OpenAI, and the Race to Invent
Matt_Danzeisen
Generative AI chatbot by OpenAI
some users to see the titles of other users' conversations. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said that users were unable to see the contents of the conversations.
ChatGPT
2023 text-generating language model
were factors that influenced this decision.[non-primary source needed] Sam Altman stated that the cost of training GPT-4 was more than $100 million. News
GPT-4
American AI venture
announced the venture at a White House press conference, accompanied by Sam Altman from OpenAI, Larry Ellison from Oracle and Masayoshi Son from SoftBank
Stargate_LLC
Image-generation models developed by OpenAI
to high demands. The use of the feature was subsequently limited, with Sam Altman saying that the GPUs were "melting" from the level of use. OpenAI later
GPT_Image
Type of AI with wide-ranging abilities
surveys of AI researchers are predicting AGI around 2040". OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said in December 2025 that "we built AGIs" and that "AGI kinda went whooshing
Artificial general intelligence
Artificial_general_intelligence
Concept involving online bot activity
would drown out organic human content. In September 2025, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman posted on Twitter (by then called X), bringing attention to the dead Internet
Dead_Internet_theory
Ongoing theorised stock market bubble
investment in AI are "very similar" to the dot-com bubble. In August 2025, Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI and creator of ChatGPT, said in August 2025 that he believed
AI_bubble
American journalist (born 1987)
Bombshell Profile of Sam Altman". Inc. Fast Company & Inc. Retrieved April 13, 2026. Ha, Anthony (April 11, 2026). "Sam Altman responds to 'incendiary'
Ronan_Farrow
American businessperson (born 1983)
following the removal of Sam Altman by the board two days earlier. On November 21, an agreement was reached to reinstate Altman as CEO. It was previously
Emmett_Shear
Video-generating LLM (2024–2026)
report that highlighted the methods used to train the model. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman also posted a series of tweets responding to Twitter users' prompts with
Sora_(text-to-video_model)
OpenAI relations to working conditions
by the military and subsequent contract termination. In response to Sam Altman's removal as CEO in November 2023, 738 of OpenAI's 770 employees signed
OpenAI_and_unions
Proposed ideological bundle
experimentation are slowing down progress toward a technotopian paradise". Sam Altman and much of the OpenAI board has been described as supporting TESCREAL
TESCREAL
American artificial intelligence company
Ilya Sutskever left OpenAI after a board dispute where he voted to fire Sam Altman amid concerns about communication and trust. Sutskever and others additionally
Safe_Superintelligence_Inc.
American startup accelerator
Watsi. Sam Altman took part in Y Combinator's inaugural cohort in 2005 as a founder. In 2014, Paul Graham appointed him as president. Altman introduced
Y_Combinator
American computer scientist
2015, shortly before finishing his PhD, Schulman co-founded OpenAI with Sam Altman, Elon Musk, Ilya Sutskever, Greg Brockman, Trevor Blackwell, Vicki Cheung
John_Schulman
American entrepreneur (born 1983)
2023, the board of directors of OpenAI approached Amodei about replacing Sam Altman and potentially merging the two startups. Amodei declined both offers
Dario_Amodei
American AI hardware design company
reportedly owned an 11 per cent stake. It was reported that OpenAI founder Sam Altman did not have equity in the company. The company also received an investment
Io_(company)
American entrepreneur (born 1997)
the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, Wang was roommates with his friend Sam Altman, the chief executive officer of OpenAI. In 2018, Wang was named to Forbes's
Alexandr_Wang
2026 conference in Delhi, India
delegation of global technology leaders including Sundar Pichai (Google), Sam Altman (OpenAI), and Demis Hassabis (DeepMind). The event faced criticism for
India_AI_Impact_Summit_2026
American fusion research company
commitments tied to specific milestones. The funding was mainly led by Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, who is also the executive chairman of Helion. As of January
Helion_Energy
Hypothesized risk to human existence
and Alan Turing, and AI company CEOs such as Dario Amodei (Anthropic), Sam Altman (OpenAI), and Elon Musk (xAI). In 2022, a survey of AI researchers with
Existential risk from artificial intelligence
Existential_risk_from_artificial_intelligence
American activist organization
Defender's Office delivered a subpoena to Sam Altman, as part of an ongoing trial of Stop AI members, while Altman appeared on stage a public event. According
Stop_AI
2025 lawsuit
2025 by Matthew and Maria Raine against OpenAI and its chief executive, Sam Altman, in the San Francisco County Superior Court, over the alleged wrongful
Raine_v._OpenAI
Open letter about extinction risk from AI
well-known signatories of the statement are: Sam Altman, Bill Gates, Dario Amodei, Peter Singer, Daniel Dennett, Sam Harris, Grimes, Stuart J. Russell, Jaan
Statement_on_AI_Risk
2025 documentary
Deepfaking Sam Altman is a 2025 American documentary film about artificial intelligence. In the film, director Adam Bhala Lough attempts to conduct an
Deepfaking_Sam_Altman
Chatbot developed by DeepSeek
founder Liang Wenfeng has been compared to OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, with CNN calling him the Sam Altman of China and an evangelist for AI. Chinese state media
DeepSeek_(chatbot)
2020 text-generating language model
the risk of "cheap production of good, semantic artefacts". OpenAI's Sam Altman himself criticized what he called "GPT-3 hype", acknowledging GPT-3 "has
GPT-3
Businessman and entrepreneur
approximately $3 billion. He is also a co-founder of Merge Labs together with Sam Altman and others, an AI company aiming to non-invasively connect human brains
Alex_Blania
American journalist and writer
Media podcast. In 2025, Hagey published a biography of Sam Altman titled The Optimist Sam Altman, OpenAI, and the Race to Invent the Future. James Ball
Keach_Hagey
OpenAI reasoning language model
like analyzing whiteboard sketches during its "chain-of-thought" phase. Sam Altman initially planned to include o4-mini in GPT-5 instead of releasing them
OpenAI_o4-mini
Marketing tactic
Artificial Intelligence?". Benzinga. Retrieved 4 May 2026. Rogelberg, Sasha. "Sam Altman says the quiet part out loud, confirming some companies are 'AI washing'
AI_washing
American multinational technology company
services on Azure. On November 20, 2023, Satya Nadella announced that Sam Altman, who had been ousted as CEO of OpenAI just days earlier, and Greg Brockman
Microsoft
Frustrated by his lack of influence, he founded OpenAI in 2015, enlisting Sam Altman to run it and hiring top scientists. OpenAI began as a non-profit, "free
History of artificial intelligence
History_of_artificial_intelligence
2025 large language model by OpenAI
2025. Retrieved December 14, 2025. Capoot, Ashley (December 11, 2025). "Sam Altman expects OpenAI to exit 'code red' by January after launch of GPT-5.2 model"
GPT-5.2
English and American actor (born 1983)
He will reunite with Guadagnino for Artificial, portraying OpenAI CEO Sam Altman. Garfield has referred to himself as an "agnostic pantheist", although
Andrew_Garfield
Charitable campaign
Retrieved 23 November 2022. "Sam Altman". Forbes. Retrieved 2025-08-24. Valinsky, Jordan (2024-05-28). "OpenAI's Sam Altman vows to give away most of his
The_Giving_Pledge
Indian-American businessman (born 1955)
before Sam Altman's reinstatement at OpenAI". Fortune.com. Archived from the original on 5 August 2024. Retrieved 5 August 2024. "Sam Altman, Vinod Khosla
Vinod_Khosla
American entrepreneur and venture capitalist (born 1967)
companies like Oklo Inc. (nuclear startup backed by Thiel's Mithril and Sam Altman) and biotech startups, but led to legal struggles when the new Honduran
Peter_Thiel
Chatbot developed by xAI
one of the 11 co-founders of OpenAI, and initially co-chaired it with Sam Altman. He left the company's board in 2018, saying of his decision that he "didn't
Grok_(chatbot)
Proposed orbital infrastructure
Musk, Jeff Bezos and Sam Altman have a crazy new idea for outer space". TheStreet. Bussey, Emma (December 4, 2025). "Sam Altman eyes rocket company to
Space-based_data_center
December 2025. Vipers, Gareth; Schechner, Sam; Seetharaman, Deepa (March 1, 2024). "Elon Musk Sues OpenAI, Sam Altman, Saying They Abandoned Founding Mission"
Legal_affairs_of_Elon_Musk
Scholarship founded by Peter Thiel
Thiel's most famous mentees are not Thiel fellows, but Zuckerberg and Sam Altman (both college dropouts). Palmer Luckey tried to apply for the fellowship
Thiel_Fellowship
Period of rapid progress in AI
Retrieved May 21, 2024. Gin, Gina (June 17, 2024). "Scarlett Johansson and Sam Altman Revisited: "Sky" is the Limit". The Servitor. Retrieved September 3, 2024
AI_boom
Technology made by American organization
developers call on it for "any English language AI task". On October 6, 2025, Sam Altman announced OpenAI's new AgentKit at the 2025 Dev Day opening keynote. AgentKit
Products and applications of OpenAI
Products_and_applications_of_OpenAI
2014 book by Nick Bostrom
Peter Singer and Derek Parfit "received it as a work of importance". Sam Altman wrote in 2015 that the book is the best thing he has ever read on AI risks
Superintelligence: Paths, Dangers, Strategies
Superintelligence:_Paths,_Dangers,_Strategies
Philosophical and social movement
members, reinstates CEO Sam Altman". TechCrunch. Retrieved April 3, 2024. Paul, Kari (March 9, 2024). "OpenAI reinstates CEO Sam Altman to board after firing
Effective_altruism
Probability of existentially catastrophic outcomes in AI
Doomsayers". The New Yorker. ISSN 0028-792X. Retrieved 2024-06-19. "OpenAI CEO Sam Altman: AI Warfare, Freedom & Immortality | MD MEETS Episode #1". YouTube. October
P(doom)
2025 large language model
computational resources needed for training were provided by Microsoft Azure. Sam Altman described GPT-4.5 as a "giant, expensive model". As of February 2025,
GPT-4.5
2026 large language model by OpenAI
5 GPT-4.1 GPT-5 GPT-5.1 GPT-5.2 GPT-5.4 GPT-5.5 o1 o3 o4-mini People Sam Altman Greg Brockman Jessica Livingston Peter Thiel Elon Musk Andrej Karpathy
GPT-5.5
American journalist and data scientist
May 2025, Hao released the book Empire of AI: Dreams and Nightmares in Sam Altman's OpenAI. The book became a New York Times Bestseller and was named a Book
Karen_Hao
American government appointee and writer (born 1989)
American investor Keith Rabois in a 2018 ceremony officiated by businessman Sam Altman. Helberg graduated from George Washington University with a BA and then
Jacob_Helberg
American businesswoman and writer (born 1971)
hosted weekly meals for their founders at their home near Cambridge. Sam Altman (a former YC partner) credits Livingston with being essential to the transformation
Jessica_Livingston
Annual influential person or idea chosen by magazine
Year Reception". Time. December 8, 2022. Retrieved December 6, 2023. "Sam Altman on OpenAI and Artificial General Intelligence". Time. December 12, 2023
Time_Person_of_the_Year
2024 AI LLM with enhanced reasoning
The codename "Q*" first surfaced in November 2023, around the time of Sam Altman's ousting and subsequent reinstatement, with rumors suggesting that this
OpenAI_o1
2013 film by Spike Jonze
likeness. During the promotional lead-up to the release of GPT-4o, CEO Sam Altman had tweeted the single word "Her". A few days after release, OpenAI removed
Her_(2013_film)
Austrian computer programmer (born 1986)
creator Peter Steinberger? The millennial developer caught the attention of Sam Altman and Mark Zuckerberg". Fortune. Retrieved 2026-03-13. Lunden, Ingrid (2021-10-01)
Peter Steinberger (programmer)
Peter_Steinberger_(programmer)
American businessman (born 1944)
documents and a participant on the call. In January 2025, Ellison joined Sam Altman of OpenAI and Masayoshi Son of Softbank at the White House to announce
Larry_Ellison
Computer scientist (born 1991)
scientist after his mentor Ilya Sutskever left the company. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has called Pachocki "easily one of the greatest minds of our generation"
Jakub_Pachocki
Chinese businessman (born 1985)
example of Chinese artificial development surpassing that of OpenAI's. Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, praised DeepSeek-R1's performance, but expressed confidence
Liang_Wenfeng
AI personality and codename
OpenAI's board of directors and contributed to the later decision to remove Sam Altman. During the testing period some users of the Sydney bot took to Microsoft's
Sydney_(Microsoft)
Explicit material produced by generative AI
Most Terrible Time of the Year Pause Giant AI Experiments Removal of Sam Altman from OpenAI Statement on AI Risk Tay (chatbot) Théâtre D'opéra Spatial
Generative_AI_pornography
American internet dating technology company
13%. In May 2025, Match Group partnered with World, a company backed by Sam Altman that scans a user's biometric features to identify them. The partnership
Match_Group
2026 film by Daniel Roher and Charlie Tyrell
Karen Hao Emily M. Bender Timnit Gebru Sneha Revanur Ramesh Srinivasan Sam Altman Dario Amodei Shaw Walters The documentary is co-directed by Daniel Roher
The AI Doc: Or How I Became an Apocaloptimist
The_AI_Doc:_Or_How_I_Became_an_Apocaloptimist
Belief that AI has supernatural or divine powers
users. Tucker Carlson has made similar claims, including directly to Sam Altman. Pope Leo XIV advised priests against using large language models when
Artificial intelligence in spirituality
Artificial_intelligence_in_spirituality
American entrepreneur (born 1980)
as chairman of OpenAI following the reconstitution of its board after Sam Altman was briefly ousted and reinstated as CEO. He has been on the board of
Bret_Taylor
American jam band
Pennsylvania. Brownstein, Gutwillig, Magner, and the original drummer, Sam "Sammy" Altman, bonded over a shared affinity for psychedelic rock, electronic music
Disco_Biscuits
French eyewear brand
(2025-07-09). "Sam Altman: "I don't like smart glasses."". The Verge. Retrieved 2026-02-08. Wickman, Kase (2025-07-14). "Melania Trump and Sam Altman Share an
Vuarnet
Intelligence of machines
as Geoffrey Hinton, Yoshua Bengio, Stuart Russell, Demis Hassabis, and Sam Altman, have expressed concerns about existential risk from AI. In May 2023,
Artificial_intelligence
Period of reduced funding and interest in AI research
Ordonez, Victor; Dunn, Taylor; Noll, Eric (16 March 2023). "OpenAI CEO Sam Altman says AI will reshape society, acknowledges risks: 'A little bit scared
AI_winter
American businessman (born 1971)
free creation and release of code. Andreessen's claim was disputed by Sam Altman. Andreessen also criticized elite education institutions for having radicalized
Marc_Andreessen
com/ "Listia - Company Information | YCDB - the y Combinator Database". "Sam Altman on y Combinator, Loopt & Work Habits". "Mixpanel's y Combinator application
List_of_Y_Combinator_startups
2023 letter calling for a pause on AI system training
not think "asking one particular group to pause solves the challenges". Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, commented that the letter was "missing most technical
Pause Giant AI Experiments: An Open Letter
Pause_Giant_AI_Experiments:_An_Open_Letter
American renewable energy company
funding round led by Andreessen Horowitz (a16z), Atomic, and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman. The initial funding was directed toward developing the company's modular
Exowatt
Annual American business conference
Zuckerberg, Jeff Bezos, Tim Cook, Sergey Brin, Sundar Pichai, Elon Musk and Sam Altman. Various important business were rumored to be concluded at the meeting
Allen & Company Sun Valley Conference
Allen_&_Company_Sun_Valley_Conference
Conformance of AI to intended objectives
arXiv:1811.07871 [cs.LG]. Farrow, Ronan; Marantz, Andrew (April 6, 2026). "Sam Altman May Control Our Future—Can He Be Trusted?". The New Yorker. Archived from
AI_alignment
AI that generates content
Insights. UC Berkeley Haas School of Business. Retrieved May 16, 2026. Sabin, Sam (June 30, 2023). "GitHub has a vision to make code more secure by design"
Generative_AI
American AI researcher (1998–2024)
gained momentum after Elon Musk, who has publicly feuded with OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, stated that the death "doesn't seem like a suicide" in response to a
Suchir_Balaji
Hypothesis that human replicas elicit revulsion
Most Terrible Time of the Year Pause Giant AI Experiments Removal of Sam Altman from OpenAI Statement on AI Risk Tay (chatbot) Théâtre D'opéra Spatial
Uncanny_valley
Principle in artificial intelligence
Most Terrible Time of the Year Pause Giant AI Experiments Removal of Sam Altman from OpenAI Statement on AI Risk Tay (chatbot) Théâtre D'opéra Spatial
Bitter_lesson
American software company
Android app. In 2016, Asana raised $50 million in Series C financing led by Sam Altman, President of Y Combinator. In 2017, Asana integrated with Gmail, and
Asana,_Inc.
Software company based in New York City
negotiations to acquire cyber startup Apex Security, whose investors include Sam Altman, founder and CEO of OpenAI, as well as the venture capital funds Sequoia
Varonis_Systems
AI services for legal teams
questions, 86 were approved. After that, Pereyra and Weinberg contacted Sam Altman and Jason Kwon, General Counsel at OpenAI, about their results. Shortly
Harvey_(software)
SAM ALTMAN
SAM ALTMAN
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Hindu
Sai
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English Teutonic Biblical Sanskrit
Ram.
Boy/Male
Indian
God Sai
Male
Scottish
Short form of Scottish Gaelic TÃ mhas, TAM means "twin." Compare with another form of Tam.
Boy/Male
Hindu
Sai baba
Boy/Male
Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Telugu
Lord Krishna and Sai Baba
Boy/Male
Hindu
Sai = Sai baba, Shivudu = Lord Shiva
Boy/Male
Indian, Marathi
God Sai
Boy/Male
Indian
Lord
Male
English
Unisex short form of English Samantha and Samuel, both SAM means "heard of God," "his name is El," or "name of God."
Boy/Male
Indian, Telugu
Lord Ram
Biblical
same as Shem
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from a pet form of the personal name Samson (see Samson).Dutch (van Sam) : variant of Van den Sand (see Sand 2).Nigerian and Ghanaian : unexplained.Chinese : variant of Shen.Chinese : variant of Shum.Other Southeast Asian : unexplained.
Boy/Male
Hindu
Putaparti Sai baba
Female
English
Short form of English Sally, SAL means "noble lady, princess." Compare with masculine Sal.
Male
Spanish
Short form of Spanish Salvador, SAL means "savior." Compare with feminine Sal.
Male
Hebrew
(תָּ×) Hebrew name TAM means "complete, whole" or "honest." Compare with another form of Tam.
Boy/Male
Shakespearean
Henry VI, Part 2' Lord Say.
Boy/Male
Hindu
Sai baba
Female
Vietnamese
 Vietnamese name CAM means "orange." Compare with another form of Cam.
SAM ALTMAN
SAM ALTMAN
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Indian
Beautiful
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Muslim
Prince
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Hindu
Shelter, Shade, Influence, Evening, Close of day
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Arabic, Assamese, Bihari, Farsi, Greek, Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Iranian, Kannada, Marathi, Muslim, Punjabi, Russian, Sikh, Telugu
Shining; Life; Loving or Affectionate; Alive; Beautiful; Fashionable: Gift of God; Perfect; Fashionable
Girl/Female
Indian, Kannada
Cute
Boy/Male
German
High or bright.
Girl/Female
Hindu, Indian
Great River
Girl/Female
Greek American Teutonic Latin
Well spoken.
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian
Knowledgeable
Girl/Female
American, British, English
Fragrant Flower; Modern Variant of Jasmine; Combination of Jocelyn and the Musical Term Jazz
SAM ALTMAN
SAM ALTMAN
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SAM ALTMAN
SAM ALTMAN
v. t.
To mark with something resembling a seam; to line; to scar.
v. t.
To butt or strike against; to drive a ram against or through; to thrust or drive with violence; to force in; to drive together; to cram; as, to ram an enemy's vessel; to ram piles, cartridges, etc.
v. i.
To be cut with a saw; as, the timber saws smoothly.
v. t.
Also used figuratively; as, to saw the air.
v. t.
To obstruct or restrain the flow of, by a dam; to confine by constructing a dam, as a stream of water; -- generally used with in or up.
n.
A quantity of money or currency; any amount, indefinitely; as, a sum of money; a small sum, or a large sum.
v. i.
To use a saw; to practice sawing; as, a man saws well.
imp.
Saw.
n.
A mass of people or objects crowded together; also, the pressure from a crowd; a crush; as, a jam in a street; a jam of logs in a river.
n.
A preserve of fruit boiled with sugar and water; as, raspberry jam; currant jam; grape jam.
n.
A hydraulic ram. See under Hydraulic.
supperl.
Afflictive; calamitous; causing sorrow; as, a sad accident; a sad misfortune.
a.
Together.
v. t.
To cut with a saw; to separate with a saw; as, to saw timber or marble.
a.
False; counterfeit; pretended; feigned; unreal; as, a sham fight.
v. t.
To form by cutting with a saw; as, to saw boards or planks, that is, to saw logs or timber into boards or planks; to saw shingles; to saw out a panel.
v. t.
To repeat; to rehearse; to recite; to pronounce; as, to say a lesson.
v. i.
To cut, as a saw; as, the saw or mill saws fast.
v. t.
To form a seam upon or of; to join by sewing together; to unite.