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 SpaceX is, however, facing competition from Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin, which is building a lander hat hews much closer to the simpler, Apollo-era lunar landers than the gargantuan, engineering quagmire that is Starship. — Jackie Wattles, CNN Money, 12 June 2026 The downside is that managers can end up hewing too closely to their indexes and miss the forest for the trees. — Bloomberg, Oc Register, 10 June 2026 The replica Tower sign hews close to the original, though the two are clearly distinguishable from one another. — Graham Womack, Sacbee.com, 1 June 2026 Cornyn would hew closely to the president for the first 16 months of his second administration, hoping at the outside chance of his endorsement or to keeping him from weighing in at all. — Thomas Beaumont, Los Angeles Times, 27 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for hew
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hew
  1. mow
  2. adhere
  3. fell
  4. stick
  5. cling
Verb
  • To keep snakes away, mow your lawn, trim shrubs and trees, and remove brush piles.
    — Nadia Hassani, The Spruce, 6 July 2026
  • Residents, meanwhile, can help the town’s efforts by reducing standing water around their homes, keeping their lawns mowed and trimmed, keeping rain barrels covered or screened, and cleaning their gutters regularly to prevent accumulated water.
    — Michelle L. Quinn, Chicago Tribune, 29 June 2026
Definition of mow
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  • Sprinkle remaining 1/3 cup banana chips evenly over top, and gently press to adhere.
    — Erin Merhar, Southern Living, 13 July 2026
  • Unlike in Cutud, participants are mostly female faith healers adhering not to vows but to mystic trances and possession.
    — H.M.A. Leow, JSTOR Daily, 10 July 2026
Definition of adhere
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  • Countless trees were felled and taken to Eugene for processing in mills or floated up the Willamette to Portland, the sawn trunks chained together in massive, bobbing rafts.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 10 July 2026
  • Messi had produced another vintage performance three weeks earlier, this time at the Nou Camp, where the Bayern Munich defender Jerome Boateng toppled over like a tree that had been felled.
    — Charlotte Harpur, New York Times, 10 July 2026
Definition of fell
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  • Their families clung to the shade of the trees on either side, where one woman had two American flags stuck through her ponytail.
    — Jesse Bedayn, Los Angeles Times, 5 July 2026
  • That level of output convinced Vogt to stick him in the leadoff spot a little more than three weeks into his career and not look back.
    — Zack Meisel, New York Times, 5 July 2026
Definition of stick
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  • Jarvis also turned a crucial 6-3 double play in the bottom of the seventh inning with the Braves clinging to a one-run lead after having been ahead by four earlier.
    — Chad Bishop, AJC.com, 9 July 2026
  • One common musical principle that Hall and Russell both clung to was an aversion to vibrato and a preference for working with pure tone and drone.
    — Harry Tafoya, Pitchfork, 9 July 2026
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