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Meaning of Hew | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2
hjuː

Definitions

  1. Destruction by cutting down or hewing.
    countable, obsolete, uncountable
  2. Hue; colour.
    countable, obsolete, uncountable
  3. A surname originating as a patronymic.
  4. Initialism of (US Department of) Health, Education, and Welfare, now HHS.
    US, abbreviation, alt-of, historical, initialism
  5. Shape; form.
    countable, obsolete, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“Of whom he makes such hauocke and such hew, / That swarmes of damned soules to hell he sends”
“[…] while the youthful hew Sits on thy skin like morning dew”
“He taught to imitate that Lady trew, Whose semblance she did carrie under feigned hew.”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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