Associations to the word «Hew»
Noun
- Sculptor
- Mon
- Welfare
- Locke
- Berwick
- Axe
- Wellesley
- Hatchet
- Rough
- Log
- Baronet
- Fertilization
- Slew
- Ix
- Mcleod
- Plank
- Timber
- Griffiths
- Orc
- Scottish
- Maclean
- Lett
- Sword
- Pike
- Reformation
- Ax
- Hamilton
- Barclay
- Synod
- Bough
- Chop
- Finch
- Spear
- Tar
- Divinity
- Dub
- Sigmund
- Helm
- Hamburg
- Stroke
- Angus
- Limb
- Athletic
- Hiram
- Toil
- Succession
- Thicket
- Regulation
- Sir
- Thrust
- Gan
- Gardner
- Edinburgh
- Kennedy
- Cedar
- Saul
- Naught
- Scott
- Quark
- Health
- Shield
- Blows
- Guideline
- Ross
- Slash
- Hugh
- Secretary
- Blow
- Might
- Department
Adjective
Wiktionary
HEW, verb. (transitive) To chop away at; to whittle down; to mow down.
HEW, verb. (transitive) To shape; to form.
HEW, verb. (transitive) (US) To act according to, to conform to; usually construed with to.
HEW, noun. (obsolete) hue; colour
HEW, noun. (obsolete) shape; form
HEW, noun. Destruction by cutting down.
HEW, proper noun. A patronymic surname.
HEW OUT, verb. Carve out, or cut out a form, or to make something hollow by using heavy cutting tools such as an axe.
Dictionary definition
HEW, verb. Make or shape as with an axe; "hew out a path in the rock".
HEW, verb. Strike with an axe; cut down, strike; "hew an oak".
Wise words
The right word may be effective, but no word was ever as
effective as a rightly timed pause.