hew

Meanings

Verb

  • To chop away at; to whittle down; to mow down.
  • To shape; to form.
  • To act according to, to conform to; usually construed with to.

Noun

Origin

  • From Middle English hewen, from Old English hēawan, from Proto-West Germanic *hauwan, from Proto-Germanic *hawwaną, from Proto-Indo-European *kewh₂- ("to strike, hew, forge").

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