ALL meanings of hewed
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H h - verb with object hewed to strike forcibly with an ax, sword, or other cutting instrument; chop; hack. 1
- verb with object hewed 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 hewed 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 hewed to cut down; fell: to hew wood; trees hewed down by the storm. 1
- verb without object hewed to strike with cutting blows; cut: He hewed more vigorously each time. 1
- verb without object hewed to uphold, follow closely, or conform (usually followed by to): to hew to the tenets of one's political party. 1
- noun hewed Past participle of hew. 1