Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- intransitive verb To make or shape with or as if with an ax.
- intransitive verb To cut down with an ax; fell.
- intransitive verb To strike or cut; cleave.
- intransitive verb To cut something by repeated blows, as of an ax.
- intransitive verb To adhere or conform strictly; hold.
from The Century Dictionary.
- 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.
- noun An obsolete spelling of
hue . - noun Destruction by cutting down.
- noun An obsolete spelling of
hue .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun obsolete Destruction by cutting down.
- transitive verb To cut with an ax; to fell with a sharp instrument; -- often with
down , oroff . - transitive verb To form or shape with a sharp instrument; to cut; hence, to form laboriously; -- often with
out . - transitive verb To cut in pieces; to chop; to hack.
- noun obsolete Hue; color.
- noun obsolete Shape; form.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb transitive To
chop away at; towhittle down; tomow down. - verb transitive To shape; to form.
- verb transitive, US To act according to, to
conform to; usually construed withto . - noun obsolete
hue ;colour - noun obsolete
shape ;form
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb strike with an axe; cut down, strike
- verb make or shape as with an axe
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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HY has the same relation to y as HW to w, and represents a sound like that heard in English hew, huge; h in Quenya eht, iht had the same sound.
The Lord of the Rings Tolkien, J. R. R. 1954
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October 21, 2009 at 6:01 am an i will hug yew an squeeze yew and call hew jorge!
I lub yu! I missed yu! - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2009
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"hew" -- "hew," which was answered from a little distance, and looking round, we discovered another roof with an ape seated under it.
In the Wilds of Africa William Henry Giles Kingston 1847
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(He defends 'hew') ... at any rate whatever is markedly featured in stone or what is like stone is most naturally said to be hewn, and to _shape_, itself, means in old English to hew and the Hebrew _bara_ to create, even, properly means to hew.
Poems of Gerard Manley Hopkins Now First Published Gerard Manley Hopkins 1866
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All I know is of the flesh, the hew and the thrust of pleasure.
Brush of Darkness Allison Pang 2011
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Some suggest we hew perfectly to the code of journalistic ethics, which forbid both promises.
What do Wine Critics and Bloggers "Owe" Wineries That Send Them Samples? 2009
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What's especially notable about this campaign is that it didn't simply hew to whatever centrist, business-leaning line-of-the-week that the White House was promoting in promoting a "reform" agenda -- as did the progressive coalitions supporting health care and financial reform -- but supported an independent agenda that went beyond what the White House seemed willing to do initially.
Art Levine: New Era in Washington? AFL-CIO, Chamber Join Hands, Liberals Win One on Social Security Art Levine 2011
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Afterwards, the Republicans will broadcast their response and politicians and pundits alike will flood the airwaves with their trenchant analyses which will -- surprise, surprise -- hew strictly to party lines and/or political agendas.
Rob Densen: Congress: Save Our Lungs and Spare Us Yours Rob Densen 2011
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What's especially notable about this campaign is that it didn't simply hew to whatever centrist, business-leaning line-of-the-week that the White House was promoting in promoting a "reform" agenda -- as did the progressive coalitions supporting health care and financial reform -- but supported an independent agenda that went beyond what the White House seemed willing to do initially.
Art Levine: New Era in Washington? AFL-CIO, Chamber Join Hands, Liberals Win One on Social Security Art Levine 2011
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What's especially notable about this campaign is that it didn't simply hew to whatever centrist, business-leaning line-of-the-week that the White House was promoting in promoting a "reform" agenda -- as did the progressive coalitions supporting health care and financial reform -- but supported an independent agenda that went beyond what the White House seemed willing to do initially.
Art Levine: New Era in Washington? AFL-CIO, Chamber Join Hands, Liberals Win One on Social Security Art Levine 2011
TrueObsession14 commented on the word hew
Reminding myself of my intentions and goals helps me hew to my studying routine.
October 2, 2014