Definitions for yew
yu; unstressed yʊyew

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:4.5 / 2 votes

1. yewnoun

   wood of a yew; especially the durable fine-grained light brown or red wood of the English yew valued for cabinetwork and archery bows

2. yewnoun

   any of numerous evergreen trees or shrubs having red cup-shaped berries and flattened needlelike leaves

WiktionaryRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. yewnoun

   A species of coniferous tree, Taxus baccata, with dark-green flat needle-like leaves and seeds bearing red arils, native to western, central and southern Europe, northwest Africa, northern Iran and southwest Asia.

2. yewnoun

   Any tree or shrub of the genus Taxus.

3. yewnoun

   The wood of the yew.

4. yewadjective

   Made from the wood of the yew tree.

   But if a knight shall come with many-coloured clothes, with an ermine bonnet and a yewen bow with a silken string...

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Yewnoun

   A tree of tough wood.

   Etymology: iw , Saxon; yw, Welsh. This is often written eugh; but the former orthography is at once nearer to the sound and the derivation. See Eugh .

   It hath amentaceous flowers, which consist of many apices, for the most part shaped like a mushroom, and are barren; but the embryoes, which are produced at remote distances on the same tree, do afterward become hollow bell-shaped berries, which are full of juice, and include seeds somewhat like acorns, having, as it were, a little cup to each. Philip Miller.

   The shooter eugh, the broad-leav’d sycamore,
   The barren plantane, and the walnut sound;
   The myrrhe, that her soul sin doth still deplore,
   Alder the owner of all waterish ground. Edward Fairfax.

   Slips of yew,
   Shiver’d in the moon’s eclipse. William Shakespeare, Macbeth.

   They would bind me here
   Unto the body of a dismal yew. William Shakespeare, Titus Andronicus.

   He drew,
   And almost join’d the horns of the tough yew. Dryden.

   The distinguish’d yew is ever seen,
   Unchang’d his branch, and permanent his green. Matthew Prior.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Yew

   Yew is a common name given to various species of trees.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. yew

   A yew is a type of evergreen tree or shrub, belonging to the genus Taxus, with dark green needle-like leaves and seeds encased in a red or purple berry-like fruit. They are known to be long-lived and are often used in landscaping and topiary. Some species of yew are also used for making wood crafts, as the wood is hard and durable. Certain parts of the yew tree are poisonous.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Yewverb

   see Yaw

2. Yewnoun

   an evergreen tree (Taxus baccata) of Europe, allied to the pines, but having a peculiar berrylike fruit instead of a cone. It frequently grows in British churchyards

3. Yewnoun

   the wood of the yew. It is light red in color, compact, fine-grained, and very elastic. It is preferred to all other kinds of wood for bows and whipstocks, the best for these purposes coming from Spain

4. Yewnoun

   a bow for shooting, made of the yew

5. Yewadjective

   of or pertaining to yew trees; made of the wood of a yew tree; as, a yew whipstock

6. Etymology: [OE. ew, AS. ew, w, eoh; akin to D. ijf, OHG. wa, ha, G. eibe, Icel. r; cf. Ir. iubhar, Gael. iubhar, iughar, W. yw, ywen, Lith. jva the black alder tree.]

WikidataRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. YEW

   YEW is a restaurant in Vancouver, British Columbia that serves Pacific Northwest cuisine.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Yew

   ū, n. a tree of genus Taxus—natural order Taxaceæ, itself a suborder of Coniferæ—widely diffused over the whole northern parts of the world, with narrow lanceolate or linear leaves (in Europe long planted in graveyards), yielding an elastic wood good for bows: its wood.—adj. Yew′en (Spens.), made of yew.—n. Yew′-tree. [A.S. íw, éow, éoh; Ger. eibe, Ir. iubhar.]

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1. YEW

   What does YEW stand for? -- Explore the various meanings for the YEW acronym on the Abbreviations.com website.

Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. YEW

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Yew is ranked #62714 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Yew surname appeared 319 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Yew.
   
   80.8% or 258 total occurrences were Asian.
   10.9% or 35 total occurrences were White.
   6.2% or 20 total occurrences were of two or more races.

Matched Categories

1. • Conifer
   • Wood

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Anagrams for yew »

1. wey

2. wye

How to pronounce yew?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say yew in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of yew in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of yew in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of yew in a Sentence

1. Lee Hsien Yang:

   LHL (Lee Hsien Loong) has made convoluted, ultimately false claims about Lee Kuan Yew's wishes. LHL is trying to suggest that because LKY signed some renovation plans in early 2012, he was open to preservation of the house.

2. Lady Ashcombe:

   My kids like to play medieval battles with wooden swords and bow and arrows, the yew hedges provide a mazelike environment and are great for hide-and-seek games. Visiting the castle is English history made fun ... kings, queens, ghosts, animals and lots of great areas to play.

3. Philip Teo:

   Now that Mr Lee Kuan Yew is gone, I'm especially worried about the current government losing the political will to do what is the right thing to do for the long term, and give in to people's short-term gratification.

4. The Prime Minister Office:

   Mr Lee Kuan Yew remains critically ill in the ICU and has deteriorated further.

5. Amos Yee:

   Lee Kuan Yew was a horrible person, because everyone is scared, everyone is afraid if they say something like that, they might get into trouble.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=yew
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Yew
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=yew
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yew
5. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/yew
7. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=yew
8. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=yew
9. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
   https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html
10. ^ Usage in printed sources
    https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=yew