1. Verb
To cut with an ax; to fell with a sharp instrument; -- often with down, or off.
2. Verb
To form or shape with a sharp instrument; to cut; hence, to form laboriously; -- often with out; as, to hew out a sepulcher.
3. Verb
To cut in pieces; to chop; to hack.
4. Noun
Destruction by cutting down.
5. Noun
Hue; color.
6. Noun
Shape; form.
7. Verb
make or shape as with an axe; "hew out a path in the rock"
Vocabulary classified under Art and design
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