hew

verb

ˈhyü How to pronounce hew (audio)
Definition of hewnext
1
as in to mow
to bring down by cutting laboriously hewed trees to build their rude log cabins

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2
as in to adhere
to hold to something firmly as if by adhesion decided to hew to the original plan rather than change everything

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Recent Examples of hew In the primary, voters appeared to hew closely to political party lines. — Howard Blume, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2026 The runway collection in general hewed more toward the younger crowd with pedal pushers and mini-shifts that many 80-year-olds would have worn in their youths. — ABC News, 24 Sep. 2026 Thousands of years ago, the region was the southernmost capital of the Nabataeans—the ancient civilization that built Petra—whose ornate tombs are hewn into the rocks. — Ruby Tandoh, New Yorker, 7 Sep. 2026 But the village, which the story goes was hewn out of the wilderness, never took off that way. — Frank Witsil, Freep.com, 7 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for hew
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hew
  1. mow
  2. adhere
  3. fell
  4. stick
  5. cling
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  • One skeleton is mowing right over another, while others tend to buckets of slime, climb on the larger figures and play around the yard.
    — Patrick Connolly, The Orlando Sentinel, 22 Oct. 2026
  • Instead, lawn-mowing machines shred them, leaving plastic fragments in the soil for a very long time.
    — Maryna Holovnova, New Atlas, 16 Oct. 2026
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  • These efforts should be lauded because lawyering solely to please Trump without an iota of reasonableness according to prescribed rules of law to which all lawyers must adhered is simply unacceptable.
    — Miles J. Zaremski, The Orlando Sentinel, 27 Oct. 2026
  • As such, the press is not allowed to publish details that might lead to any of the accusers being identified, and coverage of the trial will adhere strictly to what happens in court.
    — Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 12 Oct. 2026
Definition of adhere
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  • In the postwar decades, humans seized ecosystems at breakneck speed—forests were felled, prairies plowed, wetlands drained.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 23 Oct. 2026
  • Griess, the superintendent of the National Mall and Memorial Parks, said the 430 trees that were felled were not identified as hazardous or raising safety concerns.
    — Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 12 Oct. 2026
Definition of fell
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  • The untraditional layout stuck first gear off to the side, making the 2-3 shift most likely to be often reached for under hard use easier to crack off.
    — Will Sabel Courtney, Robb Report, 30 Oct. 2026
  • Watch Duty exploded in popularity by providing up-to-the-minute firefighting updates, fire perimeters, and on-the-scene reports to people previously stuck navigating a fractured system of emergency alerts that gave minimal information.
    — Noah Haggerty, Los Angeles Times, 30 Oct. 2026
Definition of stick
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  • Bass might very well cling to her position, but Angelenos still yearn for a visionary to pick them back up from four years of despair under her.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 29 Oct. 2026
  • The bias cut skims your body in a flattering way without clinging to you like some satin dresses.
    — Caroline Hughes, Travel + Leisure, 28 Oct. 2026
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“Hew.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hew. Accessed 1 Nov. 2026.

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