What does HEW mean?
Definitions for HEW
hyu or, often, yuhew
This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word HEW.
Princeton's WordNet
hew, hew outverb
make or shape as with an axe
"hew out a path in the rock"
hewverb
strike with an axe; cut down, strike
"hew an oak"
Wiktionary
hewverb
To chop away at; to whittle down; to mow down.
hewverb
To act according to, to conform to; usually construed with to.
Etymology: From hewen, from heawan, from hawwanan, from kehₐu-. Cognate with hew, hewe, houwe, Dutch houwen, German hauen, Swedish hugga, Icelandic höggva; and with cudo, Lithuanian káuti, Albanian hu. See also hoe.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
To HEWv.a. part. hewn or hewed.
Etymology: heawan, Saxon; hauwen, Dutch.
Upon the joint the lucky steel did light,
And made such way that hew’d it quite in twain. Edmund Spenser.I had purpose
Once more to hew thy target from thy brawn,
Or lose my arm for’t. William Shakespeare, Coriolanus.He was hewn in pieces by Hamilton’s friends. John Hayward.
One Vane was so grievously hewn, that many thousands have died of less than half his hurts, whereof he was cured. John Hayward.
Scarce can I speak, my choler is so great:
Oh! I could hew up rocks, and fight with flint. William Shakespeare.He from deep wells with engines water drew,
And us’d his noble hands the wood to hew. John Dryden, Fables.He that depends
Upon your favours, swims with fins of lead,
And hews down oaks with rushes. William Shakespeare, Coriolanus.Brave followers, yonder stands the thorny wood,
Which, by the heav’n’s assistance and your strength,
Must by the roots be hewn up yet ere night. William Shakespeare, H. VI.Yet shall the axe of justice hew him down,
And level with the root his lofty crown. George Sandys.He from the mountain hewing timber tall,
Began to build a vessel of huge bulk. John Milton, Parad. Lost.We’ll force the gate where Marcus keeps his guard,
And hew down all that would oppose our passage. Addison.Thou hast hewed thee out a sepulchre here, as he that hewed him out a sepulchre on high. Is. xxii. 16.
Nor is it so proper to hew out religious reformations by the sword, as to polish them by fair and equal disputations. Charles I .
This river rises in the very heart of the Alps, and has a long valley that seems hewn out on purpose to give its waters a passage amidst so many rocks. Joseph Addison, on Italy.
Next unto bricks are preferred the square hewn stone. John Mortimer.
The gate was adamant; eternal frame!
Which, hew’d by Mars himself, from Indian quarries came,
The labour of a god. John Dryden, Fables.I now pass my days, not studious nor idle, rather polishing old works than hewing out new. Alexander Pope, to Swift.
ChatGPT
hew
To hew is to chop or cut something, especially wood, typically with a tool such as an axe or a chisel. It can also refer to shaping or carving something through a similar process. In a more figurative sense, it can mean to follow or stick to a plan, course, or belief rigorously.
Webster Dictionary
Hewverb
to cut with an ax; to fell with a sharp instrument; -- often with down, or off
Hewverb
to form or shape with a sharp instrument; to cut; hence, to form laboriously; -- often with out; as, to hew out a sepulcher
Hewverb
to cut in pieces; to chop; to hack
Hewnoun
destruction by cutting down
Hewnoun
hue; color
Hewnoun
shape; form
Etymology: [AS. hewan; akin to D. houwen, OHG. houwan, G. hauen, Icel. hggva, Sw. hugga, Dan. hugge, Lith. kova battle, Russ. kovate to hammer, forge. Cf. Hay cut grass, Hoe.]
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Hew
hū, v.t. to cut with any sharp instrument: to cut in pieces: to shape.—v.i. to deal blows with a cutting instrument:—pa.p. hewed, or hewn.—n. (Spens.) hacking.—n. Hew′er, one who hews. [A.S. héawan; Ger. hauen.]
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Surnames Frequency by Census Records
HEW
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Hew is ranked #37544 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
The Hew surname appeared 593 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Hew.
60.2% or 357 total occurrences were Asian.
12.3% or 73 total occurrences were White.
12.1% or 72 total occurrences were of two or more races.
10.7% or 64 total occurrences were Black.
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of HEW in Chaldean Numerology is: 7
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of HEW in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9
Examples of HEW in a Sentence
Most people hew the battlements of life from compromise, erecting their impregnable keeps from judicious submissions, fabricating their philosophical drawbridges from emotional retractions and scalding marauders in the boiling oil of sour grapes.
And many strokes, though with a little axe, Hew down and fell the hardest-timbered oak.
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- hauen, bearbeiten, einhauenGerman
- tallarSpanish
- façonner, se conformer, accommoder, tailler, modeler, assujettirFrench
- vág, vagdalHungarian
- tēstLatvian
- modelleren, houwen, boetseren, zich richten naar, zich conformeren met, vormenDutch
- moldarPortuguese
- sculpta, ciopliRomanian
- соответствовать, придавать, придерживаться, форма, обтёсывать, согласовываться, вырезать, рубитьRussian
- huggaSwedish
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