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See definition of hew
1‘master carpenters would hew the logs with an axe’
chop, hack, chop down, hack down, cut down, saw down, fell, lop, axe, cleave
2‘steps had been hewn into the rock wall’
cut, carve, shape, fashion, form, chip, hammer, chisel, sculpt, sculpture, model, whittle, rough-hew