<p><strong>Verb</strong></p><ul><li><p>(used with object) hewed, hewed or hewn, hew·ing.</p><ul><li>to strike forcibly with an ax, sword, or other cutting instrument; chop; hack.</li><li>to make, shape, smooth, etc., with cutting blows: to hew a passage through the crowd; to hew a statue from marble.</li><li><strong>Synonyms</strong>: form</li><li>to sever (a part) from a whole by means of cutting blows (usually followed by away, off, out, from, etc.): to hew branches from the tree.</li><li>to cut down; fell: to hew wood; trees hewed down by the storm.</li></ul></li><li><p>(used without object) hewed, hewed or hewn, hew·ing.</p><ul><li>to strike with cutting blows; cut: He hewed more vigorously each time.</li><li>to uphold, follow closely, or conform (usually followed by to): to hew to the tenets of one's political party.</li></ul></li></ul><p><strong>End of Response</strong></p>