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hew (verb)

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  • hew — ► VERB (past part. hewn or hewed) 1) chop or cut (wood, coal, etc.) with an axe, pick, or other tool. 2) (usu. be hewn) make or shape by hewing a hard material. ORIGIN Old English …   English terms dictionary

  • hew — verb (hewed; hewed or hewn; hewing) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English hēawan; akin to Old High German houwan to hew, Lithuanian kauti to forge, Latin cudere to beat Date: before 12th century transitive verb 1. to cut with blows of a… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • hew out — verb make or shape as with an axe hew out a path in the rock • Syn: ↑hew • Derivationally related forms: ↑hewer (for: ↑hew) • Hypernyms: ↑carve …   Useful english dictionary

  • hew to — (N American) To conform to • • • Main Entry: ↑hew * * * hew to [phrasal verb] hew to (something) US : to follow or obey (something) Everyone must hew to the rules/standards. He is a politician who …   Useful english dictionary

  • hew — (v.) O.E. heawan to chop, hack, gash (class VII strong verb; past tense heow, pp. heawen), earlier geheawan, from P.Gmc. *hawwan (Cf. O.N. hoggva, O.Fris. hawa, O.S. hauwan, M.Du. hauwen, Du. houwen, O.H.G. houwan, Ger. hauen …   Etymology dictionary

  • hew — [ hju ] (past participle hewed or hewn [ hjun ] ) verb intransitive or transitive MAINLY LITERARY 1. ) to cut something solid such as rock or wood into a rough shape, using a large heavy blade 2. ) AMERICAN to continue to use or do something, and …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • hew — verb /hjuː/ a) To chop away at; to whittle down; to mow down. Among other things he found a sharp hunting knife, on the keen blade of which he immediately proceeded to cut his finger. Undaunted he continued his experiments, finding that he could… …   Wiktionary

  • hew — verb Hew is used with these nouns as the object: ↑stone …   Collocations dictionary

  • hew — verb past tense hewedpast participle hewed or hewn literary 1 (I, T) to cut something with a cutting tool: hewn stone 2 hew a path/channel etc to cut a path etc through something see also: rough­hewn hewer noun (C) …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • hew — verb 1) the logs are freshly hewn Syn: chop, hack, cut, lop, ax, cleave, split; fell 2) steps had been hewn into the rock wall Syn: cut, carve, chisel, shape …   Thesaurus of popular words

  • hew — [c]/hju / (say hyooh) verb (hewed, hewed or hewn, hewing) –verb (t) 1. to strike forcibly with an axe, sword, or the like; chop; hack. 2. to make or shape with cutting blows: to hew a passage. 3. to cut (away, off, out, from, etc.) from a whole… …  

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