hew
/hjuː/ verb C2- To chop away at; to whittle down; to mow down.
- To shape; to form. · to hew out a sepulchre
- To act according to, to conform to; usually construed with to.
He/she/it hews · Past hewed · Past participle hewn · -ing form hewing
Verb forms
- Base form
- hew
- He/she/it
- hews
- Past
- hewed
- Past participle
- hewn
- -ing form
- hewing
An irregular verb: learn its past and past participle by heart.
From the library
A FIR-TREE said boastingly to the Bramble, “You are useful for nothing at all; while I am everywhere used for roofs and houses.” The Bramble answered: “You poor creature, if you would only call to mind the axes and saws which are about to hew you down, you would have reason to wish that you had grown up a Bramble, not a Fir-Tree.”
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