Hew

//hjuː//

Synonyms for "hew" (112 found)

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Closest matches (23)

cut down amputate ax bisect block out blow down blow over bowl down bowl over bring down bulldog butcher carve cast cast down chip chisel chop chop down cleave

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create crop cut

Strong matches (33)

cut away cut in two cut off dash down deck dichotomize dissever down drop efform excise fashion fell fetch down figure fissure fix floor forge form

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formalize found frame gash ground hack halve hew down incise jigsaw knead

Proper Noun(1 words)

dhew

Verb(1 words)

hew out

Related words (56)

Related word relations

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6 relation types

More general

2 entries

carve strike

Synonyms

1 entries

cut down

derived

13 entries

behew forehew forhew hew down hew out hewable hewer hewn mishew rehew rough-hew tohew unhewed

has context

1 entries

manner of

2 entries

carve strike

related to

11 entries

chop colour conform education form health hue mow shape to whittle

Translations

80 translations across 26 languages.

Azerbaijani

1 entries

yonmaq verb (to shape; to form)

Belarusian

2 entries

руба́ць verb (to chop away at; to whittle down; to mow down)
сячы́ verb (to chop away at; to whittle down; to mow down)

Bulgarian

3 entries

дялам verb (to shape; to form)
отсичам verb (to chop away at; to whittle down; to mow down)
сека verb (to chop away at; to whittle down; to mow down)

Catalan

4 entries

cisellar verb (to shape; to form)
esculpir verb (to shape; to form)
tallar verb (to chop away at; to whittle down; to mow down)
tallar verb (to shape; to form)

Church Slavic

2 entries

рѫбити verb (to chop away at; to whittle down; to mow down)
сѣщи verb (to chop away at; to whittle down; to mow down)

Czech

4 entries

dodržovat verb (to act according to)
jednat v souladu verb (to act according to)
osekávat verb (to chop away at; to whittle down; to mow down)
rubat verb (to chop away at; to whittle down; to mow down)

Dutch

4 entries

boetseren verb (to shape; to form)
houwen verb (to chop away at; to whittle down; to mow down)
modelleren verb (to shape; to form)
vormen verb (to shape; to form)

Esperanto

1 entries

tondi verb (to chop away at; to whittle down; to mow down)

Finnish

4 entries

hakata verb (to chop away at; to whittle down; to mow down)
muokata verb (to shape; to form)
muotoilla verb (to shape; to form)
muovata verb (to shape; to form)

French

4 entries

accommoder verb (to act according to)
assujettir verb (to act according to)
façonner verb (to shape; to form)
modeler verb (to shape; to form)

German

4 entries

bearbeiten verb (to chop away at; to whittle down; to mow down)
behauen verb (to chop away at; to whittle down; to mow down)
einhauen verb (to chop away at; to whittle down; to mow down)
hauen verb (to chop away at; to whittle down; to mow down)

Hungarian

4 entries

alakít verb (to shape; to form)
farag verb (to shape; to form)
formál verb (to shape; to form)
képez verb (to shape; to form)

Latgalian

1 entries

tēst verb (to chop away at; to whittle down; to mow down)

Latin

1 entries

dolō verb (to chop away at; to whittle down; to mow down)

Latvian

1 entries

tēst verb (to chop away at; to whittle down; to mow down)

Lower Sorbian

1 entries

rubaś verb (to chop away at; to whittle down; to mow down)

Māori

3 entries

hahau verb (to chop away at; to whittle down; to mow down)
hau verb (to chop away at; to whittle down; to mow down)
hauhau verb (to chop away at; to whittle down; to mow down)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries

hugge verb (to chop away at; to whittle down; to mow down)

Polish

4 entries

formować verb (to shape; to form)
kształtować verb (to shape; to form)
rąbać verb (to chop away at; to whittle down; to mow down)
siec verb (to chop away at; to whittle down; to mow down)

Portuguese

2 entries

desbastar verb (to chop away at; to whittle down; to mow down)
moldar verb (to shape; to form)

Romanian

2 entries

ciopli verb (to chop away at; to whittle down; to mow down)
sculpta verb (to chop away at; to whittle down; to mow down)

Russian

4 entries

выреза́ть verb (to shape; to form)
обтёсывать verb (to shape; to form)
придава́ть verb (to shape; to form)
приде́рживаться verb (to act according to)

Spanish

4 entries

cortar verb (to chop away at; to whittle down; to mow down)
esculpir verb (to shape; to form)
labrar verb (to shape; to form)
tallar verb (to shape; to form)

Swedish

1 entries

hugga verb (to chop away at; to whittle down; to mow down)

Turkish

1 entries

yontmak verb (to shape; to form)

Ukrainian

3 entries

руба́ти verb (to chop away at; to whittle down; to mow down)
руби́ти verb (to chop away at; to whittle down; to mow down)
сі́кти verb (to chop away at; to whittle down; to mow down)

Sample sentences

23 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

With this faith, we will be able to hew out of the mountain of despair a stone of hope. With this faith, we will be able to transform the jangling discords of our nation into a beautiful symphony of brotherhood. With this faith, we will be able to work together, to pray together, to struggle together, to go to jail together, to stand up for freedom together, knowing that we will be free one day.

Source: tatoeba (8304212)

They were on their way out into the taiga to cut wood and hew timbers under a guard of Cossacks.

Source: tatoeba (11602065)

Hew them to pieces, hack their bones asunder[…]

Source: wiktionary

A favourite at the Old Bailey, and eke at the Sessions, Mr. Stryver had begun cautiously to hew away the lower staves of the ladder on which he mounted.

Source: wiktionary

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