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