hews
/hjuːz/
hews is the third-person singular simple present indicative of hew.
Meaning of hew
Verb
hew (third-person singular simple present hews, present participle hewing, simple past hewed or (rare) hew, past participle hewn or hewed or (archaic) hewen)
- To chop away at; to whittle down; to mow down.
- Hew them to pieces, hack their bones asunder[…]1591 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The First Part of Henry the Sixt”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward]...
- To shape; to form.
- to hew out a sepulchre
- To act according to, to conform to; usually construed with to.
- Few men measured up to his standard of righteousness; he hewed to the line.1905, Albert Osborn, John Fletcher Hurst: A Biography, Jennings & Graham, page 428
Proper noun capitalized: Hews
Hews
- A surname originating as a patronymic.
Origin of hews
From Hugh + patronymic suffix -s.
Phrases with hews
Words that rhyme with hews
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- amuse
- bemuse
- choose
- excuse
- misuse
- muse
- ooze
- peruse
- accuse
- booze
- druse
- news
- ruse
- snooze
- suffuse
- transfuse
- who's
- whose
- circumfuse
- cooze
- defuse
- diffuse
- enthuse
- flues
- fuze
- jalouse
- mews
- perfuse
- snooz
- Toulouse
- twos
- yous
- 'scuse
- accrues
- aloos
- bambooze
- blooze
- boos
- boose
- brews
- canoes
- chews
- clews
- clues
- construes
- contuse
- coos
- coups
Questions about hews
- What does hews mean?
- Hews means a surname originating as a patronymic.
- What is hews the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
- Hews is the third-person singular simple present indicative of hew.
- What part of speech is hews?
- Hews is a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce hews?
- Hews is pronounced /hjuːz/.
Words near hews in the dictionary
Source and license
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