hewn

[ hyoon or, often, yoon ]
/ hyun or, often, yun /
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adjective

felled and roughly shaped by hewing: hewn logs.
given a rough surface: hewn stone.

Origin of hewn

1300–50; Middle English hewen, past participle of hew

OTHER WORDS FROM hewn

un·hewn, adjective well-hewn, adjective

Words nearby hewn

hew, hewers of wood and drawers of water, hewish, hewitt, hewlett, hewn, hex, hex sign, hex., hexa-, hexabasic

Definition for hewn (2 of 2)

hew
[ hyoo or, often, yoo ]
/ hyu or, often, yu /

verb (used with object), hewed, hewed or hewn, hew·ing.

to strike forcibly with an ax, sword, or other cutting instrument; chop; hack.
to make, shape, smooth, etc., with cutting blows: to hew a passage through the crowd; to hew a statue from marble.
to sever (a part) from a whole by means of cutting blows (usually followed by away, off, out, from, etc.): to hew branches from the tree.
to cut down; fell: to hew wood; trees hewed down by the storm.

verb (used without object), hewed, hewed or hewn, hew·ing.

to strike with cutting blows; cut: He hewed more vigorously each time.
to uphold, follow closely, or conform (usually followed by to): to hew to the tenets of one's political party.

Origin of hew

before 900; Middle English hewen, Old English hēawan; cognate with German hauen, Old Norse hǫggva; akin to haggle

synonym study for hew

1. See cut.

OTHER WORDS FROM hew

hew·a·ble, adjective hew·er, noun un·hew·a·ble, adjective un·hewed, adjective

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH hew

hew hue Hugh

Words related to hewn

cleave, fashion, prune, chip, stroke, chop, strike, shape, fell, hack, carve, hold, axe

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British Dictionary definitions for hewn (1 of 2)

hew
/ (hjuː) /

verb hews, hewing, hewed, hewed or hewn (hjuːn)

to strike (something, esp wood) with cutting blows, as with an axe
(tr often foll by out) to shape or carve from a substance
(tr; often foll by away, down, from, off, etc) to sever from a larger or another portion
(intr often foll by to) US and Canadian to conform (to a code, principle, etc)

Derived forms of hew

hewer, noun

Word Origin for hew

Old English hēawan; related to Old Norse heggva, Old Saxon hāwa, Old High German houwan, Latin cūdere to beat

British Dictionary definitions for hewn (2 of 2)

HEW

abbreviation for (in the US)

Department of Health, Education, and Welfare