hewn

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/hjuːn/ English

Definitions

verb

To chop away at; to whittle down; to mow down.
To shape; to form.“One of the most widely used typefaces in the world was hewn by the English printer and typographer John Baskerville.”
To act according to, to conform to; usually construed with to.

adjective

Made or crafted by cutting, whittling down.
Having been cut or mown down.

Related words

Synonyms

cut downed felled hand-hewn axed handcut handwrought wrought handcrafted handcarved crafted craftful woodcrafty worked handworked handbuilt

Associated

chinking adze sawn logs rafters pegged notches sanhedrin ashlar bedrock pegs clapboard

Rhymes

croon lagoon picayune goon moon commune opportune festoon blue moon lampoon

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