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How to pronounce “hew”
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Pronunciation guide for hew
- Learning goal
- Practice the English pronunciation of hew with real speech in context.
- Available examples
- 3 YouTube examples
- Real speech example
- Amanda Gorman: Using your voice is a political choice
be able to hew
- Definition summary
- (ambitransitive) To chop away at; to whittle down; to mow down.
Example 1 of 3
How to pronounce hew
Amanda Gorman: Using your voice is a political choice

be able to hew
Example Sentences
A Deep Dive Into “hew”
Meaning
- [Verb]
- (ambitransitive) To chop away at; to whittle down; to mow down.
- (transitive) To shape; to form.
- (transitive, US) To act according to, to conform to; usually construed with to.
- [Noun]
- (obsolete) Destruction by cutting down or hewing.
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