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   Hew

   /hyo͞o/

   

   verb

   • 1. chop or cut (something, especially wood or coal) with an axe, pick, or other tool: "we have finished hauling and hewing timber" Similar chophackchop downhack downcut downsaw downfelllopaxecleave
   • ▪ make or shape (something) by cutting or chopping a material such as wood or stone: "a seat hewn out of a fallen tree trunk" Similar cutcarveshapefashionformchiphammerchiselsculptsculpturemodelwhittlerough-hew

   Word Origin Old Englishhēawan, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch houwen and German hauen.

   Scrabble Points: 9

   • H

     4

   • E

     1

   • W

     4

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