Hew \Hew\ (h[=u]), v. t. [imp. Hewed (h[=u]d); p. p. Hewed
or Hewn (h[=u]n); p. pr. & vb. n. Hewing.]
[AS.
he['a]wan; akin to D. houwen, OHG. houwan, G. hauen, Icel.
h["o]ggva, Sw. hugga, Dan. hugge, Lith. kova battle, Russ.
kovate to hammer, forge. Cf. Hay cut grass, Hoe.]
1. To cut with an ax; to fell with a sharp instrument; --
often with down, or off. --Shak.
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2. To form or shape with a sharp instrument; to cut; hence,
to form laboriously; -- often with out; as, to hew out a
sepulcher.
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Look unto the rock whence ye are hewn. --Is. li. 1.
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Rather polishing old works than hewing out new.
--Pope.
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3. To cut in pieces; to chop; to hack.
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Hew them to pieces; hack their bones asunder.
--Shak.
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Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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105 Moby Thesaurus words for "hew":
amputate, ax, bisect, block out, blow down, blow over, bowl down,
bowl over, bring down, bulldog, butcher, carve, cast, cast down,
chisel, chop, chop down, cleave, create, cut, cut away, cut down,
cut in two, cut off, dash down, deck, dichotomize, dissever, down,
drop, efform, excise, fashion, fell, fetch down, figure, fissure,
fix, floor, forge, form, formalize, found, frame, gash, ground,
hack, halve, hew down, incise, jigsaw, knead, knock down,
knock out, lance, lay level, lay low, lay out, level,
lick into shape, mint, model, mold, mow down, pare, precipitate,
prostrate, prune, pull down, rase, raze, rend, rive, rough out,
roughcast, roughhew, saw, scissor, sculpt, sculpture,
send headlong, set, sever, shape, slash, slice, slit, snip, split,
spread-eagle, stamp, sunder, supinate, tailor, take down, tear,
thermoform, throw, throw down, topple, trip, tumble, whack down,
whittle, work
Source: Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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Hew \Hew\, v. t. [imp. Hewed; p. p. Hewed or Hewn; p. pr.
& vb. n. Hewing.]
[AS. he['a]wan; akin to D. houwen, OHG.
houwan, G. hauen, Icel. h["o]ggva, Sw. hugga, Dan. hugge,
Lith. kova battle, Russ. kovate to hammer, forge. Cf. Hay
cut grass, Hoe.]
1. To cut with an ax; to fell with a sharp instrument; --
often with down, or off. --Shak.
2. To form or shape with a sharp instrument; to cut; hence,
to form laboriously; -- often with out; as, to hew out a
sepulcher.
Look unto the rock whence ye are hewn. --Is. li. 1.
Rather polishing old works than hewing out new.
--Pope.
3. To cut in pieces; to chop; to hack.
Hew them to pieces; hack their bones asunder.
--Shak.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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