hew
Meaning of hew
verb
- 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- (the US Department of) Health, Education, and Welfare.
he was HEW secretary 1970–73
Information about hew
- The plural form of hew is: hews.
- Languages in which hew is used:
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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:
Meaning cut with rough or heavy blows:
Meaning past of fall:
Meaning remove branches from (a tree):
Meaning end, cancel, or dismiss suddenly and ruthlessly:
Meaning split or sever (something), especially along a natural line or grain:
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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