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Hew Common

Hew has 5 different meanings across 2 categories:

Verb · Proper Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

hue; colour

Verb
1

make or shape as with an axe

"hew out a path in the rock"

2

strike with an axe; cut down, strike

"hew an oak"

hew
3

To chop away at; to whittle down; to mow down.

Proper Noun
1

A patronymic surname, from given names​.

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