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hew

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of hew

1 to bring down by cutting
  • laboriously hewed trees to build their rude log cabins
Synonyms of hew

chop (down), cut (down), fell, mow
Words Related to hew

bulldoze, demolish, flatten, level, raze, tear down
2 to hold to something firmly as if by adhesion
  • decided to hew to the original plan rather than change everything
Synonyms of hew

adhere, cleave, cling, stick
Words Related to hew

bind, cohere, fasten, fuse, glue, unite
Near Antonyms of hew

loosen

drop, fall

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