hew

Meaning of hew

verb
  1. chop or cut (something, especially wood or coal) with an axe, pick, or other tool.
    master carpenters would hew the logs with an axe
    he had hewn down the famous elm tree

Old English hēawan, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch houwen and German hauen .

abbreviation, singular proper noun
  1. (the US Department of) Health, Education, and Welfare.
    he was HEW secretary 1970–73

Information about hew

  • The plural form of hew is: hews.
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Hyphenation of hew

hew

  • It consists of 1 syllables and 3 chars.
  • hew is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable

hew synonyms

Meaning cut (something) into pieces with repeated sharp blows of an axe or knife:

chop

Meaning cut with rough or heavy blows:

hack

Meaning past of fall:

fell

Meaning remove branches from (a tree):

lop

Meaning end, cancel, or dismiss suddenly and ruthlessly:

axe

Meaning split or sever (something), especially along a natural line or grain:

cleave

Words that rhyme with hew

Hew, Chew, chew, rechew, eschew, fitchew, behew, forehew, spanghew, roughhew, clerihew, greenhew, phew, grandnephew, nephew, stepnephew, morphew, underhew, shew, cashew, foreshew, reshew, thew, Mathew, Matthew, matthew, whew, pandlewhew, Mayhew

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