Hew (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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verb (used with object), hewed, hewed or hewn, hew·ing.
  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.
verb (used without object), hewed, hewed or hewn, hew·ing.
  1. to strike with cutting blows; cut: He hewed more vigorously each time.
  2. to uphold, follow closely, or conform (usually followed by to): to hew to the tenets of one's political party.
abbreviation
  1. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare.
verb hews, hewing, hewed, hewed or hewn (hjuːn)
  1. to strike (something, esp wood) with cutting blows, as with an axe
  2. to shape or carve from a substance
  3. to sever from a larger or another portion
  4. to conform (to a code, principle, etc)
abbreviation for (in the US)
  1. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare
Hew (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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