What is the meaning of Hew?

To chop away at; to whittle down; to mow down.

To shape; to form.

To act according to, to conform to; usually construed with to.

Destruction by cutting down or hewing.

Hue; colour.

Shape; form.

kill ‹s.o.› using black magic; poison with magic, bewitch to kill.

pluck a bird's ‹feathers, n-ili›.

pluck the feathers of ‹a bird›, especially in cooking.

baboon

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