[{"Bold_text": "verb (used with object)", "List Items": ["to strike forcibly with an ax, sword, or other cutting instrument; chop; hack.", "to make, shape, smooth, etc., with cutting blows:to hew a passage through the crowd; to hew a statue from marble.Synonyms: form", "to sever (a part) from a whole by means of cutting blows (usually followed byaway, off, out, from,etc.):to hew branches from the tree.", "to cut down; fell:to hew wood; trees hewed down by the storm."]}, {"Bold_text": "verb (used without object)", "List Items": ["to strike with cutting blows; cut:He hewed more vigorously each time.", "to uphold, follow closely, or conform (usually followed byto):to hew to the tenets of one's political party."]}, {"Bold_text": "abbreviation for", "List Items": ["Department of Health, Education, and Welfare Department of Health, Education, and Welfare."]}]