hew
verb
[ hjuː ]
• chop or cut (something, especially wood or coal) with an axe, pick, or other tool.
• "master carpenters would hew the logs with an axe"
Similar:
chop,
hack,
chop down,
hack down,
cut down,
saw down,
fell,
lop,
axe,
cleave,
Origin:
Old English hēawan, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch houwen and German hauen .
HEW
abbreviation
• (the US Department of) Health, Education, and Welfare.
• "he was HEW secretary 1970–73"
