Hew

Quick meaning: Hew is a verb meaning (ambitransitive) To chop away at; to whittle down; to mow down.

Meaning

(ambitransitive) To chop away at; to whittle down; to mow down.

More Meanings

1. (transitive) To shape; to form.
2. (transitive, US) To act according to, to conform to; usually construed with to.
3. (obsolete, rare) Destruction by cutting down or hewing.
4. (obsolete) Hue; colour.
5. (obsolete) Shape; form.

Example Sentences

to hew out a sepulchre

Hew them to pieces, hack their bones asunder[…]

So that all men despised him in the streets, / He hewed the living rock, with sweat and tears,

My ways are hard and rough, and my arms are strong and tough, / And I hew the dizzy pine till darkness falls;

Word Forms

• hews
• hewing
• hewed
• hewn
• hewen

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