HEWS Synonyms: 23 Similar and Opposite Words

hews

verb

present tense third-person singular of hew

as in mows

to bring down by cutting laboriously hewed trees to build their rude log cabins

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as in adheres

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 hews The plot hews closely to the Warner Bros film, which starred Prince and was directed by Albert Magnoli. — Patrick Hipes, Deadline, 27 July 2026 Notably, Nolan’s film hews closer to the epic tradition than Troy due to its inclusion of the supernatural and the gods, which were excised from Peterson’s film. — Harrison Jacobs, ARTnews.com, 22 July 2026 And unlike policies like Universal Basic Income, this strategy hews more closely to American values. — Gene Sperling, Time, 1 July 2026 Today that album scans as an interesting but uneven experiment; the music Shook is releasing under their own name hews much closer to the Lucinda-fronting-the-Replacements sound of the Disarmers. — Brad Sanders, Pitchfork, 26 June 2026 The rest of the Orange ballot hews more closely to what voters are used to. — Orlando Sentinel Editorial Board, The Orlando Sentinel, 17 June 2026 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 replica Tower sign hews close to the original, though the two are clearly distinguishable from one another. — Graham Womack, Sacbee.com, 1 June 2026 Meanwhile, movie stars have tweaked their faces and bodies into a startling sameness that hews toward the most fascistic markers of beauty (extreme thinness, whiteness, no signs of the passage of time). — Angelica Jade Bastién, Vulture, 9 Mar. 2026

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The narrative begins with a prologue in which a man mows grass in a cemetery dotted with twenty-four unmarked graves.

— Keziah Weir, Vanity Fair, 13 Aug. 2026
Those who are approved will receive a total of 18 free lawn mows from April through October, a set number each month, with no further scheduling or calls needed, according to an email from the city.

— Aurora Beacon-News, Chicago Tribune, 11 Feb. 2026

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All the while, oil shipments through the Strait of Hormuz have virtually halted as Tehran clings to its leverage by threatening to strike any unauthorized oil tankers that attempt to transit the narrow waterway.

— Reuters, NBC news, 22 Aug. 2026
Any empty feeling at Empty Sky Caution tape clings to a fence outside the memorial, which honors the 749 New Jersey residents killed on 9/11.

— Adi Guajardo, CBS News, 19 Aug. 2026

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Open for breakfast and lunch, the eatery sticks largely to the classics—think omelets, pancakes, eggs Benedict, and plenty of biscuits, best enjoyed smothered in gravy, of course.

— Lauren Dana Ellman, Travel + Leisure, 27 Aug. 2026
Suppose a teenager visiting a zoo breaks into a lion’s cage and sticks his head into the beast’s mouth.

— Bruce Fein, Baltimore Sun, 24 Aug. 2026