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1. (v.t.) hew
to strike forcibly with an ax, sword, or other cutting instrument; chop.
2. hew
to make, shape, or smooth with or as if with cutting blows:
to hew a statue from marble.
3. hew
to sever (a part) from a whole by means of cutting blows:
to hew branches from the tree.
4. hew
to cut down; fell:
trees hewed down by the storm.
5. (v.i.) hew
to strike with cutting blows; cut.
6. hew
to uphold, follow closely, or conform (usu. fol. by to):
to hew to the tenets of a political party.
7. (n.) HEW
Department of Health, Education, and Welfare.
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (verb) hew, hew out
make or shape as with an axe
"hew out a path in the rock"
2. (verb) hew
strike with an axe; cut down, strike
"hew an oak"
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| Definition of 'HEW' |
Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) HEW
destruction by cutting down
2. (noun) HEW
hue; color
3. (noun) HEW
shape; form
4. (verb) HEW
to cut with an ax; to fell with a sharp instrument; -- often with down, or off
5. (verb) HEW
to form or shape with a sharp instrument; to cut; hence, to form laboriously; -- often with out; as, to hew out a sepulcher
6. (verb) HEW
to cut in pieces; to chop; to hack
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Sense: to cut with an axe, sword etc
He hewed down the tree.
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 Afrikaans: kap, neervel |
 Arabic: يَقْطَعُ بِفَأْس |
 Bulgarian: сека |
 Brazilian: cortar |
 Czech: sekat; porazit |
 German: hauen |
 Danish: hugge; kløve |
 Greek: τσεκουρώνω, κόβω |
 Spanish: cortar, tajar, talar |
 Estonian: raiuma |
 Farsi: بريدن |
 Finnish: hakata |
 French: abattre |
 Hebrew: לַחֲטוֹב |
 Hindi: कुल्हाड़ी से काटना |
 Croatian: sjeci, posjeci |
 Hungarian: (ki)vág |
 Indonesian: menebang |
 Icelandic: höggva |
 Italian: abbattere |
 Japanese: 切り倒す |
 Korean: (칼, 도끼 등으로) 자르다 |
 Lithuanian: kapoti, kirsti |
 Latvian: cirst |
 Malay: mengapak |
 Dutch: houwen |
 Norwegian: hogge, felle |
 Polish: rąbać |
 Persian: بريدن |
 Pashto: پرې كول ، غوڅول، توږ ل ، |
 Portuguese: cortar |
 Romanian: a tăia, a reteza |
 Russian: срубать |
 Slovak: zoťať |
 Slovenian: sekati |
 Serbian: poseći sekirom |
 Swedish: hugga |
 Thai: ฟัน |
 Turkish: kesmek |
 Taiwanese: 砍 |
 Ukrainian: зрубувати |
 Urdu: کلہاڑی سے کاٹنا |
 Vietnamese: chặt, chém |
 Chinese: 砍 |
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