- hew out
- cut out; bring into being with great effort and struggle
English contemporary dictionary. 2014.
hew out
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hew out — verb make or shape as with an axe hew out a path in the rock • Syn: ↑hew • Derivationally related forms: ↑hewer (for: ↑hew) • Hypernyms: ↑carve … Useful english dictionary
Hew — (h[=u]), v. t. [imp. {Hewed} (h[=u]d); p. p. {Hewed} or {Hewn} (h[=u]n); p. pr. & vb. n. {Hewing}.] [AS. he[ a]wan; akin to D. houwen, OHG. houwan, G. hauen, Icel. h[ o]ggva, Sw. hugga, Dan. hugge, Lith. kova battle, Russ. kovate to hammer, forge … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
hew — [hyo͞o] vt. hewed, hewed or hewn, hewing [ME hewen < OE heawan, akin to Ger hauen, OHG houwan < IE base * kāu , * keu , to hew, strike > HAY1, L caudex, codex, cudere] 1. to chop or cut with an ax, knife, etc.; hack; gash 2. to make or… … English World dictionary
Hew Dalrymple Ross — Sir Hew Dalrymple Ross, GCB (1779 1868), British soldier, entered the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich, in 1793, and passed out into the Royal Artillery two years later. With the Royal Horse Artillery he saw active service during the Irish… … Wikipedia
hew — hewable, adj. hewer, n. /hyooh/ or, often, /yooh/, v., hewed, hewed or hewn, hewing. v.t. 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… … Universalium
hew — 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,… … Moby Thesaurus
hew — [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… …
hew — [[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 … English dictionary
hew — v 1. chop, hack, ax; strike, smite, hit, whack. 2. cut down, fell, drop, raze, level; chop down, mow down, bring down, knock down, Inf. down, Inf. whack down. 3. carve, sculpt, sculpture, shape, fashion, form, make; whittle, cut, chip, square,… … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
hew — hjuË v. cut off, cut down (as with an ax); shape by chopping; carve out; strike, cut … English contemporary dictionary
