hew

Betekenis

Verb

1. To chop away at; to whittle down; to mow down.
2. To shape; to form.
3. To act according to, to conform to; usually construed with to.

Noun

Destruction by cutting down or hewing.

Noun

1. (obsolete) Hue; colour.
2. (obsolete) Shape; form.

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/hjuː/

Etymologie

From Middle English hewen, from Old English hēawan, from Proto-West Germanic *hauwan, from Proto-Germanic *hawwaną, from Proto-Indo-European *kewh₂- (“to strike, hew, forge”). Cognate to German hauen, Dutch houwen and Swedish hugga. Sense 3 derives from the phrase hew to the line (literally “cut evenly with an axe or saw”).