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Definitions for Hew

[1] to strike forcibly with an ax, sword, or other cutting instrument; chop; hack.
[2] to make, shape, smooth, etc., with cutting blows: to hew a passage through the crowd; to hew a statue from marble.
[3] 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.
[4] to cut down; fell: to hew wood; trees hewed down by the storm.
[5] to strike with cutting blows; cut: He hewed more vigorously each time.
[6] to uphold, follow closely, or conform (usually followed by to ): to hew to the tenets of one's political party.
[7] Department of Health, Education, and Welfare.
[8] to strike (something, esp wood) with cutting blows, as with an axe
[9] (tr often foll by out ) to shape or carve from a substance
[10] (tr; often foll by away, down, from, off, etc ) to sever from a larger or another portion
[11] (intr often foll by to ) US and Canadian to conform (to a code, principle, etc)
[12] Department of Health, Education, and Welfare

Words related to Hew

cleave, fashion, prune, chip, stroke, chop, strike, shape, fell, hack, carve, hold, axe

Words nearby Hew

hevea, hevelian halo, hevelius, hever castle, hevesy, hew, hewers of wood and drawers of water, hewish, hewitt, hewlett, hewn

Origin of Hew

before 900; Middle English hewen, Old English hēawan; cognate with German hauen, Old Norse hǫggva; akin to haggle

Words that may be confused with Hew

hew, hue, Hugh

Other words from Hew

hew·a·ble , adjective
hew·er , noun
un·hew·a·ble , adjective
un·hewed , adjective

Word origin for Hew

Old English hēawan; related to Old Norse heggva, Old Saxon hāwa, Old High German houwan, Latin cūdere to beat

Synonyms for Hew

cleave, axe, carve, chip, chop, fashion, fell, hack, hold, prune, shape, strike, stroke