hew
verb/hjuː/
/hjuː/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they hew | /hjuː/ /hjuː/ |
| he / she / it hews | /hjuːz/ /hjuːz/ |
| past simple hewed | /hjuːd/ /hjuːd/ |
| past participle hewed | /hjuːd/ /hjuːd/ |
| past participle hewn | /hjuːn/ /hjuːn/ |
| -ing form hewing | /ˈhjuːɪŋ/ /ˈhjuːɪŋ/ |
- hew something (old-fashioned) to cut something large with a tool
- to hew wood
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- hew something (out of something) (formal) to make or shape something large by cutting
- roughly hewn timber frames
- The statues were hewn out of solid rock.
- They hewed a path through the forest.
- The cave has been hewn out of the hillside.
Word OriginOld English hēawan, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch houwen and German hauen.
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