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hew

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1. hew - Noun

2. hew - Verb

3. Hew - Proper noun

Meaning

To cut with an ax; to fell with a sharp instrument; -- often with down, or off.

To form or shape with a sharp instrument; to cut; hence, to form laboriously; -- often with out; as, to hew out a sepulcher.

To cut in pieces; to chop; to hack.

Destruction by cutting down.

Hue; color.

Shape; form.

Source: Webster's dictionary

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hew an oak Source: Internet

hew out a path in the rock Source: Internet

List of Federal Security Agency Administrators Department of Health, Education, and Welfare render The Department of Health, Education, and Welfare (HEW) was created on April 11, 1953, when Reorganization Plan No. 1 of 1953 became effective. Source: Internet

Adjusting to hew new life is difficult, and not made easier when she is identified as an "enemy alien". Source: Internet

Its motto is "Improving the health, safety, and well-being of America". citation Before the separate federal Department of Education was created in 1979, it was called the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare (HEW). Source: Internet

First Lt. Aaron Hew Len, center, and Sgt. 1st Class Carl Satterwaite, of the U.S. National Guard, test air quality near cracks emitting volcanic gases from a lava flow in the Leilani Estates subdivision near Pahoa, Hawaii Thursday, May 10, 2018. Source: Internet

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