ALL meanings of hew
hew
H h - verb with object hew to strike forcibly with an ax, sword, or other cutting instrument; chop; hack. 1
- verb with object hew to make, shape, smooth, etc., with cutting blows: to hew a passage through the crowd; to hew a statue from marble. 1
- verb with object hew to sever (a part) from a whole by means of cutting blows (usually followed by away, off, out, from, etc.): to hew branches from the tree. 1
- verb with object hew to cut down; fell: to hew wood; trees hewed down by the storm. 1
- verb without object hew to strike with cutting blows; cut: He hewed more vigorously each time. 1
- verb without object hew to uphold, follow closely, or conform (usually followed by to): to hew to the tenets of one's political party. 1
- transitive verb hew shape, carve 1
- transitive verb hew shape by carving 1
- transitive verb hew cut down 1
- noun hew Chop or cut (something, especially wood) with an ax, pick, or other tool. 1
- verb hew If you hew stone or wood, you cut it, for example with an axe. 0
- verb hew If something is hewn from stone or wood, it is cut from stone or wood. 0
- verb hew to strike (something, esp wood) with cutting blows, as with an axe 0
- verb hew to shape or carve from a substance 0
- verb hew to sever from a larger or another portion 0
- verb hew to conform (to a code, principle, etc) 0
- abbreviation HEW Department of Health, Education, and Welfare 0
- noun hew (Department of) Health, Education, and Welfare (1953-79) 0
- verb transitive hew to chop or cut with an ax, knife, etc.; hack; gash 0
- verb transitive hew to make or shape by or as by cutting or chopping with an ax, etc. 0
- verb transitive hew to chop (a tree) with an ax so as to cause it to fall 0
- intransitive verb hew to make cutting or chopping blows with an ax, knife, etc. 0
- intransitive verb hew to conform or adhere (to a line, rule, principle, etc.) 0
- noun hew (Obsolete (No longer in use)) hue; colour. 0
- noun hew (Obsolete (No longer in use)) shape; form. 0
- noun hew Destruction by cutting down. 0
- verb hew (Transitive Verb) To chop away at; to whittle down; to mow down. 0
- verb hew (Transitive Verb) To shape; to form. 0
- verb hew (Transitive Verb) (US) To act according to, to conform to; usually construed with to. 0