Hewn

//hjuːn// adj, verb

adj, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    past participle of hew form-of, participle, past
Adjective
  1. 1
    Made or crafted by cutting, whittling down.
  2. 2
    Having been cut or mown down.
Adjective
  1. 1
    cut or shaped with hard blows of a heavy cutting instrument like an ax or chisel wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms
hand hewnhand-hewnhewedhewed

Antonyms

All antonyms
unhewn

Example

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"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.

Related phrases

rough hewn

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