hew

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

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

   deDie Hütte ist aus rohen Baumstämmen gemacht. — al_ex_an_der

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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. — fjay69

   deDie Statue wurde aus reinstem weißem Marmor geschlagen. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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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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irregular · Lesson

• hew outCarve out, or cut out a form, or to make something hollow by using heavy cutting tools such as an axe.
• hew downTo violently cause to fall down