GenChaos33
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hew /hyu or, often, yu/ Show Spelled [hyoo or, often, yoo] Show IPA verb, hewed, hewed or hewn, hew·ing. verb (used with object) 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) 5. to strike with cutting blows; cut: He hewed more vigorously each time. 6. to uphold, follow closely, or conform (usually followed by to ): to hew to the tenets of one's political party. Origin: before 900; Middle English hewen, Old English hçawan; cognate with German hauen, Old Norse hǫggva; akin to haggle
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