Meaning

3 senses
  1. (ambitransitive)To chop away at; to whittle down; to mow down.

    einhauen, behauen, bearbeiten

    руби́тьrubítʹ, сечьsečʹ

    руба́тиrubáty, руби́тиrubýty, сі́ктиsíkty

  2. (transitive)To shape; to form.

    to hew out a sepulchre

    придава́тьpridavátʹ, обтёсыватьobtjósyvatʹ, выреза́тьvyrezátʹ

    make or shape as with an axe

  3. (US, transitive)To act according to, to conform to; usually construed with to.

    приде́рживатьсяpridérživatʹsja, соотве́тствоватьsootvétstvovatʹ, согласо́выватьсяsoglasóvyvatʹsja

Examples

5 sentences
  1. The lodge is made of rough-hewn logs.

    deDie Hütte ist aus rohen Baumstämmen gemacht.

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  2. This newspaper hews closely to the official propaganda narratives.

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  3. The statue was hewn out of the purest white marble.

    ruСтатуя была высечена из чистейшего белого мрамора.

    deDie Statue wurde aus reinstem weißem Marmor geschlagen.

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  4. I saw he was of the material from which Nature hews her heroes.

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  5. They were on their way out into the taiga to cut wood and hew timbers under a guard of Cossacks.

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Translations

8 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
to chop away at; to whittle down; to mow down:
Русский
By meaning 3
to chop away at; to whittle down; to mow down:
to shape; to form:
to act according to:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
to chop away at; to whittle down; to mow down:

Origin

From Middle English hewen, from Old English hēawan, from Proto-West Germanic *hauwan, from

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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Forms

hews, hewing, hewed, hewn
Base formhew · to hew
3rd person singularhews
Present participlehewing
Past simplehewed
Past participlehewn / hewed

irregular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyhew
he, she, ithews

Past simpleLesson

all personshewed

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave hewn
he, she, ithas hewn

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill hew

Phrasal verbs

2 phrasal verbs

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • make or shape as with an axe:hew out

Word family

13 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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