1. yew - Noun
2. yew - Adjective
3. yew - Verb
4. yew - Pronoun
See Yaw.
An evergreen tree (Taxus baccata) of Europe, allied to the pines, but having a peculiar berrylike fruit instead of a cone. It frequently grows in British churchyards.
The wood of the yew. It is light red in color, compact, fine-grained, and very elastic. It is preferred to all other kinds of wood for bows and whipstocks, the best for these purposes coming from Spain.
A bow for shooting, made of the yew.
Of or pertaining to yew trees; made of the wood of a yew tree; as, a yew whipstock.
Source: Webster's dictionaryStrew on her roses, roses, And never a spray of yew In quiet she reposes Ah, would that I did too. Matthew Arnold
My silks and fine array, My smiles and languished air, By love are driv'n away And mournful lean Despair Brings me yew to deck my grave Such end true lovers have. William Blake
I shall also take you forth and carve our names together in a yew tree, haloed with stars... Ted Hughes
The natural born reason we didn't git no yew-ranium when we crosses the li'l yew tree and the gee-ranium is on account of cause we didn't have no geiger counter. Walt Kelly
Lee Kuan Yew of Singapore, he has overseen the development of that city. Rajinikanth
The yew tree exists three hundred years: first green, then dry, then gone. Corsican Proverb