Hew
21hew — Kua, kālai, kūpā, oki, kipikipi, ho owaha. ♦ To hew down a tree, hewer of wood, kua lā au. ♦ To hew boards or planks or a poi pounding board, kua papa. ♦ To hew a little at a time, kalakalai. ♦ To hew stone, kālai pōhaku …
22hew — UK [hjuː] / US [hju] verb [intransitive/transitive] Word forms hew : present tense I/you/we/they hew he/she/it hews present participle hewing past tense hewed past participle hewn UK [hjuːn] / US [hjun] mainly literary to cut something solid such …
23hew — [c]/hju / (say hyooh) verb (hewed, hewed or hewn, hewing) –verb (t) 1. to strike forcibly with an axe, sword, or the like; chop; hack. 2. to make or shape with cutting blows: to hew a passage. 3. to cut (away, off, out, from, etc.) from a whole… …
24hew — verb /hjuː/ a) To chop away at; to whittle down; to mow down. Among other things he found a sharp hunting knife, on the keen blade of which he immediately proceeded to cut his finger. Undaunted he continued his experiments, finding that he could… …
25HEW — [Department of] Health, Education, and Welfare * * * HEW abbr Department of Health, Education, and Welfare * * * Department of Health, Education, and Welfare; succeeded by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) …
26Hew — This interesting surname recorded in many spelling forms including Hew, Hews, Hewes, Hue, Hugh, and Hughes, is of French origins. It derives from the pre 7th century Old French personal name Hue , introduced into Britain by the Normans after the… …
27hew — verb Hew is used with these nouns as the object: ↑stone …
28hew — Synonyms and related words: amputate, ax, bisect, block out, blow down, blow over, bowl down, bowl over, bring down, bulldog, butcher, carve, cast, cast down, chisel, chop, chop down, cleave, create, cut, cut away, cut down, cut in two, cut off,… …
29hew — [[t]hju͟ː[/t]] hews, hewing, hewed, hewn (The past participle can be either hewed or hewn.) 1) VERB If you hew stone or wood, you cut it, for example with an axe. [OLD FASHIONED] [V n] He felled, peeled and hewed his own timber. Syn: chop 2) VERB …
30hew to — N. Amer. conform to. → hew …
