hewn
pronunciation
How to pronounce hewn in British English:
UK [hju:n]
How to pronounce hewn in American English:
US [hjun]
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- Adjective:
- cut down with an ax
- cut or shaped with hard blows of a heavy cutting instrument like an ax or chisel
Word Origin
- hewn
- strong past participle of hew.
Example
- 1. The narrow passages are roughly hewn in the rock .
- 2. Flying over denver recently , I found myself transfixed by the carved and sculpted landscapes , the bald deserts and red river canyons , the mountains hewn by ancient dust storms .
- 3. Little by little a machine is " printing " a complex titanium landing-gear bracket , about the size of a shoe , which normally would have to be laboriously hewn from a solid block of metal .
- 4. To the carpenters and the builders and the masons and for buying timber and hewn stone to repair the house .
- 5. When our sons shall be as plants grown up in their youth , and our daughters as corner-stones hewn after the fashion of a palace .