Sekirov Dictionary

hew

/hjuː/

verb 3
noun 3
forms 8
phrases 2

verb3

•
To chop away at; to whittle down; to mow down.
- Hew them to pieces, hack their bones asunder[…] — 1591
•
(US) To act according to, to conform to; usually construed with to.
- Few men measured up to his standard of righteousness; he hewed to the line. — 1905
•
To shape; to form.
- Hearken to me, ye that follow after righteousnesse, ye that seeke the Lord: looke vnto the rocke whence yee are hewen, and to the hole of the pitte whence ye are digged. — 1611

noun3

•
(no longer used) Hue; colour.
- […] while the youthful hew Sits on thy skin like morning dew — 1681
•
(no longer used) Shape; form.
- He taught to imitate that Lady trew, Whose semblance she did carrie under feigned hew. — 1590
•
(no longer used, rare) Destruction by cutting down or hewing.
- Of whom he makes such hauocke and such hew, / That swarmes of damned soules to hell he sends — 1596

forms

hewed · hewedst · hewen · hewn · hewing · heweth · hews · hewest

Phrases with hew

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