Definition of "hew" in English

verb

1. (ambitransitive) To chop away at; to whittle down; to mow down.

2. (transitive) To shape; to form.

   • to hew out a sepulchre

3. (transitive, US) To act according to, to conform to; usually construed with to.

   • Few men measured up to his standard of righteousness; he hewed to the line.

noun

1. (obsolete) Destruction by cutting down or hewing.

noun

1. (obsolete) Hue; colour.

2. (obsolete) Shape; form.