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Definitions for Hew:

The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :
Hew \Hew\ (h[=u]), v. t. [imp. Hewed (h[=u]d); p. p. Hewed or Hewn (h[=u]n); p. pr. & vb. n. Hewing.] [AS. he['a]wan; akin to D. houwen, OHG. houwan, G. hauen, Icel. h["o]ggva, Sw. hugga, Dan. hugge, Lith. kova battle, Russ. kovate to hammer, forge. Cf. Hay cut grass, Hoe.] 1. To cut with an ax; to fell with a sharp instrument; -- often with down, or off. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. To form or shape with a sharp instrument; to cut; hence, to form laboriously; -- often with out; as, to hew out a sepulcher. [1913 Webster] Look unto the rock whence ye are hewn. --Is. li. 1. [1913 Webster] Rather polishing old works than hewing out new. --Pope. [1913 Webster] 3. To cut in pieces; to chop; to hack. [1913 Webster] Hew them to pieces; hack their bones asunder. --Shak. [1913 Webster]

The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :
Hew \Hew\, n. Destruction by cutting down. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] Of whom he makes such havoc and such hew. --Spenser. [1913 Webster]

The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :
Hew \Hew\, n. 1. Hue; color. [Obs.] --Chaucer. [1913 Webster] 2. Shape; form. [Obs.] --Spenser. [1913 Webster]

WordNet (r) 2.0 :
hew v 1: make or shape as with an axe; "hew out a path in the rock" [syn: hew out] 2: strike with an axe; cut down, strike; "hew an oak" [also: hewn]

Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :
105 Moby Thesaurus words for "hew": amputate, ax, bisect, block out, blow down, blow over, bowl down, bowl over, bring down, bulldog, butcher, carve, cast, cast down, chisel, chop, chop down, cleave, create, cut, cut away, cut down, cut in two, cut off, dash down, deck, dichotomize, dissever, down, drop, efform, excise, fashion, fell, fetch down, figure, fissure, fix, floor, forge, form, formalize, found, frame, gash, ground, hack, halve, hew down, incise, jigsaw, knead, knock down, knock out, lance, lay level, lay low, lay out, level, lick into shape, mint, model, mold, mow down, pare, precipitate, prostrate, prune, pull down, rase, raze, rend, rive, rough out, roughcast, roughhew, saw, scissor, sculpt, sculpture, send headlong, set, sever, shape, slash, slice, slit, snip, split, spread-eagle, stamp, sunder, supinate, tailor, take down, tear, thermoform, throw, throw down, topple, trip, tumble, whack down, whittle, work

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