hew
To chop away at; to whittle down; to mow downTo chop away at; to whittle down; to mow down.
» The lodge is made of rough-hewn logs.
Die Hütte ist aus rohen Baumstämmen gemacht.
Meaning
3 senses(ambitransitive)To chop away at; to whittle down; to mow down.
einhauen, behauen, bearbeiten
руби́тьrubítʹ, сечьsečʹ
руба́тиrubáty, руби́тиrubýty, сі́ктиsíkty
(transitive)To shape; to form.
to hew out a sepulchre
придава́тьpridavátʹ, обтёсыватьobtjósyvatʹ, выреза́тьvyrezátʹ
make or shape as with an axe
(US, transitive)To act according to, to conform to; usually construed with to.
приде́рживатьсяpridérživatʹsja, соотве́тствоватьsootvétstvovatʹ, согласо́выватьсяsoglasóvyvatʹsja
Examples
5 sentencesThe lodge is made of rough-hewn logs.
deDie Hütte ist aus rohen Baumstämmen gemacht.
This newspaper hews closely to the official propaganda narratives.
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.
I saw he was of the material from which Nature hews her heroes.
They were on their way out into the taiga to cut wood and hew timbers under a guard of Cossacks.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English hewen, from Old English hēawan, from Proto-West Germanic *hauwan, fromFrom 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, hewnPhrasal verbs
2 phrasal verbsSynonyms
1 synonyms- make or shape as with an axe:hew out
Word family
13 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, irregular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle