HEW (redirected from hewing)

HEW

abbr.

Department of Health, Education, and Welfare

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hew  (hy)

v. hewed, hewn (hyn) or hewed, hew·ing, hews

v.tr.

1. To make or shape with or as if with an ax: hew a path through the underbrush.

2. To cut down with an ax; fell: hew an oak.

3. To strike or cut; cleave.

v.intr.

1. To cut something by repeated blows, as of an ax.

2. To adhere or conform strictly; hold: hew to the line.

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[Middle English hewen, from Old English hawan; see kau- in Indo-European roots.]

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hewer n.

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hew

Verb

[hewing, hewed, hewed] or hewn

1. to chop or cut with an axe

2. to carve (something) from a substance: a tunnel hewn out of the living rock [Old English hēawan]

Thesaurus

Verb	1.	hew - make or shape as with an axe; "hew out a path in the rock" hew out carve - form by carving; "Carve a flower from the ice" rough-hew, roughcast - hew roughly, without finishing the surface; "rough-hew stone or timber"
	2.	hew - strike with an axe; cut down, strike; "hew an oak" snag - hew jaggedly strike - deliver a sharp blow, as with the hand, fist, or weapon; "The teacher struck the child"; "the opponent refused to strike"; "The boxer struck the attacker dead" hew, hew out - make or shape as with an axe; "hew out a path in the rock"

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hew

verb 1. cut, chop, axe, hack, split, lop

verb 2. (Old-fashioned) carve, make, form, fashion, shape, model, sculpture, sculpt

Translations

HEW n abbr (US) (= Department of Health, Education and Welfare) → ministerio de sanidad, educación y bienestar público

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hew [hjuː] vt → cortar

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HEW n abbr (US) (= Department of Health, Education and Welfare) → ministère de la santé publique, de l'enseignement et du bien-être

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hew [hjuː] vt → tailler (à la hache)

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HEW (US) n abbr (= Department of Health, Education and Welfare) → Ministerium für Gesundheit, Erziehung und Sozialfürsorge

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hew [hjuː] [hewed or hewn , pt, pp ] vt (stone) → behauen;

(wood) → hacken

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HEW n abbr (US) (= Department of Health, Education, and Welfare) → ministero della sanità, della pubblica istruzione e della previdenza sociale

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hew [hjuː] vt → tagliare (con l'accetta)

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hew

v hew [hjuː]

1 to cut with an axe, sword etc He hewed down the tree. kap, neervel يَقْطَعُ بِفَأْس сека sekat; porazit hugge; kløve hauen τσεκουρώνω, κόβω cortar, tajar, talar raiuma بريدن hakata abattre לַחֲטוֹב कुल्हाड़ी से काटना sjeci, posjeci (ki)vág menebang höggva abbattere 切り倒す 자르다 kapoti, kirsti cirst mengapak houwen hogge, felle rąbać cortar a tăia, a reteza срубать zoťať sekati poseći sekirom hugga ฟัน kesmek 砍 зрубувати کلہاڑی سے کاٹنا chặt, chém 砍

2 to cut out or shape with an axe, sword etc He hewed a path through the forest. uitkap, uitbeitel يَنْحَتُ، يَشُقُّ طَريقاً издялвам proklestit udhugge; hugge hacken (δι)ανοίγω, λαξεύω talar raiuma تراشيدن hakata (se) tailler (à coups de...) לְעַצֵב कुल्हाड़ी से काटना या आकार बनाना tesati, klesati (utat) vág merambah höggva tagliare; aprire 切って作る 잘라서 ...을 만들다 iškirsti []cirst menebas houwen hogge/skjære ut wyrąbywać talhar a croi прорубать prekliesniť, (o)kresať utreti s sekiro (pot) iseći sekirom hugga ut โค่น yarmak 砍出，開辟 висікати تلوار یا کلہاڑی سے کاٹنا chặt, phát 砍出，开辟