Hewn
/hjuːn/ adj, verb
adj, verb ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
Verb
- 1 past participle of hew form-of, participle, past
Adjective
- 1 Made or crafted by cutting, whittling down.
- 2 Having been cut or mown down.
Adjective
- 1 cut or shaped with hard blows of a heavy cutting instrument like an ax or chisel wordnet
Antonyms
All antonymsExample
More examples"A ship's captain must remain observant that a reliable buoy be attached to each anchor by a sturdy rope, so that one could find and raise the anchor if its anchor-cable were to be shorn apart, were to fall into the sea or were to be hewn apart."
Etymology
Morphologically hew + -n.