hew

hew is a 3-letter English word with 8 senses as transitive verb, noun, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To cut with an ax; to fell with a sharp instrument; -- often with down, or off. Face value is 9 in Scrabble and 8 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

3 letters · Scrabble 9 · Words With Friends 8 · 8 senses

Definitions

1. transitive verb. To cut with an ax; to fell with a sharp instrument; -- often with down, or off.
2. transitive verb. To form or shape with a sharp instrument; to cut; hence, to form laboriously; -- often with out; as, to hew out a sepulcher.
3. transitive verb. To cut in pieces; to chop; to hack.
4. noun. Destruction by cutting down.
5. noun. Hue; color.
6. noun. Shape; form.
7. verb. strike with an axe; cut down, strike

   "hew an oak"

8. verb. make or shape as with an axe

   "hew out a path in the rock"

Common word forms

hews, hewed, hewer, hewing, hewable

Words from these letters

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