Antonyms for hew
hyu or, often, yuhew

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1. hew

   Antonyms:
   mould, model, form, carve, engrave, sculpture, levigate, turn

   Synonyms:
   cut, hack, chop, fall

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1. • Strike

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1. hew, hew outverb

   make or shape as with an axe

   "hew out a path in the rock"

   Synonyms:
   hew out

2. hewverb

   strike with an axe; cut down, strike

   "hew an oak"

   Synonyms:
   hew out

How to use hew in a sentence?

1. William Shakespeare:

   And many strokes, though with a little axe, Hew down and fell the hardest-timbered oak.

2. Zelda:

   Most people hew the battlements of life from compromise, erecting their impregnable keeps from judicious submissions, fabricating their philosophical drawbridges from emotional retractions and scalding marauders in the boiling oil of sour grapes.

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