Meaning

1 senses
  1. (obsolete)To cut or hack heavily; cut to pieces, chop up.

Origin

From Middle English tohewen, from Old English tōhēawan (“to hew in pieces, chop up”), from

From Middle English tohewen, from Old English tōhēawan (“to hew in pieces, chop up”), from Proto-Germanic *tehawwaną (“to cut to pieces”), equivalent to to- + hew. Cognate with Old Frisian tehawa, Middle Low German tohouwen, Dutch tehouwen, German zerhauen (“to chop up, hack”).

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Forms

tohews, tohewing, tohewed, tohewn
Base formtohew · to tohew
3rd person singulartohews
Present participletohewing
Past simpletohewed
Past participletohewn

irregular

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theytohew
he, she, ittohews

Past simpleLesson

all personstohewed

Present perfectLesson

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

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill tohew

See also

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