Hew

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • v. To make or shape with or as if with an ax: hew a path through the underbrush.
  • v. To cut down with an ax; fell: hew an oak.
  • v. To strike or cut; cleave.
  • verb-intransitive. To cut something by repeated blows, as of an ax.
  • verb-intransitive. To adhere or conform strictly; hold: hew to the line.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. hue; colour
  • n. shape; form
  • v. To chop away at; to whittle down; to mow down.
  • v. To shape; to form.
  • v. To act according to, to conform to; usually construed with to.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • v. To cut with an ax; to fell with a sharp instrument; -- often with down, or off.
  • v. To form or shape with a sharp instrument; to cut; hence, to form laboriously; -- often with out.
  • v. To cut in pieces; to chop; to hack.
  • n. Destruction by cutting down.
  • n. Hue; color.
  • n. Shape; form.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To cut; especially, to cut with an ax, a hatchet, or a sword with a swinging blow; cut with a heavy blow or with repeated blows: as, to hew down a tree.
  • To form or shape by blows with a sharp instrument; cut roughly into form; shape out by cutting: often with out: as, to hew timber; to hew out a sepulcher from a rock.
  • To cut; inflict cutting blows.
  • n. Destruction by cutting down.
  • n. An obsolete spelling of hue.
  • n. An obsolete spelling of hue.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. strike with an axe; cut down, strike
  • v. make or shape as with an axe
  • Verb Form
    hewed    hewing    hewn    hews   
    Variant
    hewn   
    Form
    hewer    rough-hew   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    cut    chop    hack    hue    color    shape    form    fell   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
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