verb
- past tense of hew; chopped or cut with an ax, pick, or other tool
- past tense of hew; shaped or formed by cutting
Examples
- The lumberjack hewed the fallen tree into logs.
- They hewed stone blocks from the quarry.
- He hewed a path through the dense forest.
- The carpenter hewed the beam to the right size.
- Ancient builders hewed massive stones for the temple.
- She hewed firewood for the winter months.