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HEWN

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (adjective) 

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Meaning:

Cut or shaped with hard blows of a heavy cutting instrument like an ax or chisel

Example:

a path hewn through the underbrush

Synonyms:

hand-hewn; hewn

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

cut (fashioned or shaped by cutting)

 II. (verb) 

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Past participle of the verb hew

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