'Hew' definitions:
Definition of 'hew'
From: WordNet
verb
Make or shape as with an axe; "hew out a path in the rock" [syn: hew, hew out]
verb
Strike with an axe; cut down, strike; "hew an oak"
Definition of 'Hew'
From: GCIDE
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To form or shape with a sharp instrument; to cut; hence, to form laboriously; -- often with out; as, to hew out a sepulcher. [1913 Webster]
- Look unto the rock whence ye are hewn. --Is. li. 1. [1913 Webster]
- Rather polishing old works than hewing out new. --Pope. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To cut in pieces; to chop; to hack. [1913 Webster]
- Hew them to pieces; hack their bones asunder. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Hew'
From: GCIDE
- Hew \Hew\, n. Destruction by cutting down. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- Of whom he makes such havoc and such hew. --Spenser. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Hew'
From: GCIDE
- Hew \Hew\, n.
- 1. Hue; color. [Obs.] --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Shape; form. [Obs.] --Spenser. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'hew'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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