About The Word Hew
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Hew
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What's The Definition Of Hew?
[v] strike with an axe; cut down, strike; "hew an oak"
[v] make or shape as with an axe; "hew out a path in the rock" Synonyms | Synonyms for Hew: Related Terms | Find terms related to Hew: amputate | ax | bisect | block out | blow down | blow over | bowl down | bowl over | bring down | bulldog | butcher | carve | cast | cast down | chisel | chop | chop down | cleave | create | cut | cut away | cut down | cut in two | cut off | dash down | deck | dichotomize | dissever | down | drop | efform | excise | fashion | fell | fetch down | figure | fissure | fix | floor | forge | form | formalize | found | frame | gash | ground | hack | halve | hew down | incise | jigsaw | knead | knock down | knock out | lance | lay level | lay low | lay out | level | lick into shape | mint | model | mold | mow down | pare | precipitate | prostrate | prune | pull down | rase | raze | rend | rive | rough out | roughcast | roughhew | saw | scissor | sculpt | sculpture | send headlong | set | sever | shape | slash | slice | slit | snip | split | spread-eagle | stamp | sunder | supinate | tailor | take down | tear | thermoform | throw | throw down | topple | trip | tumble | whack down | whittle | work See Also | carve | hew | hew out | roughcast | rough-hew | snag | strike Hew In Webster's Dictionary \Hew\, v. t. [imp. {Hewed}; p. p. {Hewed} or {Hewn}; p. pr.
& vb. n. {Hewing}.] [AS. he['a]wan; akin to D. houwen, OHG.
houwan, G. hauen, Icel. h["o]ggva, Sw. hugga, Dan. hugge,
Lith. kova battle, Russ. kovate to hammer, forge. Cf. {Hay}
cut grass, {Hoe}.]
1. To cut with an ax; to fell with a sharp instrument; --
often with down, or off. --Shak.
2. To form or shape with a sharp instrument; to cut; hence,
to form laboriously; -- often with out; as, to hew out a
sepulcher.
Look unto the rock whence ye are hewn. --Is. li. 1.
Rather polishing old works than hewing out new.
--Pope.
3. To cut in pieces; to chop; to hack.
Hew them to pieces; hack their bones asunder.
--Shak.
\Hew\, n. Destruction by cutting down. [Obs.] Of whom he makes such havoc and such hew. --Spenser. \Hew\, n. 1. Hue; color. [Obs.] --Chaucer. 2. Shape; form. [Obs.] --Spenser. |
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