1. the action of chopping or cutting with heavy blows

1. present participle of hew; chopping or cutting with an axe, pick, or other tool

Examples

• The lumberjack was hewing logs for the cabin.
• She spent the morning hewing firewood.
• The sound of hewing echoed through the forest.
• He was hewing stone blocks for the foundation.
• The carpenter was hewing timber with his axe.
• The hewing of ice blocks continued all day.
• They were hewing a path through the dense undergrowth.