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• hew — hewable, adj. hewer, n. /hyooh/ or, often, /yooh/, v., hewed, hewed or hewn, hewing. v.t. 1. to strike forcibly with an ax, sword, or other cutting instrument; chop; hack. 2. to make, shape, smooth, etc., with cutting blows: to hew a passage… …   Universalium

• hew — [ hju ] (past participle hewed or hewn [ hjun ] ) verb intransitive or transitive MAINLY LITERARY 1. ) to cut something solid such as rock or wood into a rough shape, using a large heavy blade 2. ) AMERICAN to continue to use or do something, and …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• hew — ► VERB (past part. hewn or hewed) 1) chop or cut (wood, coal, etc.) with an axe, pick, or other tool. 2) (usu. be hewn) make or shape by hewing a hard material. ORIGIN Old English …   English terms dictionary

• hew —   Kua, kālai, kūpā, oki, kipikipi, ho owaha.    ♦ To hew down a tree, hewer of wood, kua lā au.    ♦ To hew boards or planks or a poi pounding board, kua papa.    ♦ To hew a little at a time, kalakalai.    ♦ To hew stone, kālai pōhaku …   English-Hawaiian dictionary

• hew — [[t]hju͟ː[/t]] hews, hewing, hewed, hewn (The past participle can be either hewed or hewn.) 1) VERB If you hew stone or wood, you cut it, for example with an axe. [OLD FASHIONED] [V n] He felled, peeled and hewed his own timber. Syn: chop 2) VERB …   English dictionary

• hew — UK [hjuː] / US [hju] verb [intransitive/transitive] Word forms hew : present tense I/you/we/they hew he/she/it hews present participle hewing past tense hewed past participle hewn UK [hjuːn] / US [hjun] mainly literary to cut something solid such …   English dictionary

• hew — verb /hjuː/ a) To chop away at; to whittle down; to mow down. Among other things he found a sharp hunting knife, on the keen blade of which he immediately proceeded to cut his finger. Undaunted he continued his experiments, finding that he could… …   Wiktionary

• hew — [hju:] verb (past participle hewn or hewed) 1》 chop or cut (wood, coal, etc.) with an axe, pick, or other tool.     ↘make or shape by cutting or chopping a hard material. 2》 (hew to) N. Amer. conform to. Origin OE hēawan, of Gmc origin …   English new terms dictionary

• hewers of wood and drawers of water — menial drudges. [with biblical allusion to Josh. 9:21.] → hew to …   English new terms dictionary

• rough-hew — verb 1》 shape (wood or stone) roughly or without smoothing off. 2》 [as adjective rough hewn] (of a person) uncultivated or uncouth …   English new terms dictionary

• Hewing — is a method of cutting wood. It was used historically as a method of squaring up beams for building construction. As it s a labour intensive process, such beams were commonly only squared on one surface, or around the areas necessary to make the… …   Wikipedia