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hewed
/hjuːd/
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What does hewed mean?
verb
- simple past of hew
- past participle of hew (alternative to hewn)
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IPA pronunciation
/hjuːd/
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One word, nay, one assenting LOOK, and the brute would have been hewed into mincemeat in a moment.
Helen’s words hewed down great blocks which had stood there always, and the light which came in was cold.
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Billy, with woodsman's contempt for economy, hewed great logs and burned them nobly in the cooking of trout, oatmeal, pancakes, and the like.
There was no way any one could have reached it without a ladder, for the logs were hewed and mortar filled the cracks even.
The sword of a cuirassier, which hewed down the bagpipes and the arm which bore it, put an end to the song by killing the singer.