hewed

verb

past tense of hew
1
as in mowed
to bring down by cutting laboriously hewed trees to build their rude log cabins

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2
as in adhered
to hold to something firmly as if by adhesion decided to hew to the original plan rather than change everything

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Recent Examples of hewed The runway collection in general hewed more toward the younger crowd with pedal pushers and mini-shifts that many 80-year-olds would have worn in their youths. — ABC News, 24 Sep. 2026 Chaucer, Shakespeare and Milton are examples of authors who hewed closely to writers who had come before them. — Roger J. Kreuz, The Conversation, 21 Aug. 2026 His tenure lasted until 1962, during which time he was joined by the notable poet and critic Edwin Denby, whose work hewed rather firmly to criticism. — Encyclopedia Britannica, 22 Apr. 2026 Like many cities in the report, Dallas also actually saw a year-over-year effective salary bump, likely because of slightly lower effective tax rates and living costs that have hewed closer to the national average. — Trevor Bach, Dallas Morning News, 5 Mar. 2026 Independents hewed more closely to the Democratic view with 76% disapproving and 24% approving. — Steven Martinez, jsonline.com, 25 Feb. 2026 The Biden administration hewed closely to the same policy. — CBS News, 25 Feb. 2026 San Jose Mayor Matt Mahan, the newest major candidate to enter the race, hewed toward partisan middle ground, chastising leaders in Sacramento for allowing the state budget to balloon without tangible improvements to housing affordability, homelessness and public schools. — Seema Mehta, Los Angeles Times, 22 Feb. 2026 In the ensuing years, Wu publicly hewed harder into right-wing talking points about trans people. — Samantha Riedel, Them., 3 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hewed
  1. mowed
  2. adhered
  3. clung
  4. stuck
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  • The more-natural-than-mowed landscape is just one of 53 sites in northern Illinois where ComEd has adopted land management practices designed to help the monarchs.
    — Susan DeGrane, Chicago Tribune, 8 Oct. 2026
  • The morbid fun of the film is seeing just how easily Borisov gets mowed over.
    — Marcus Jones, IndieWire, 6 Oct. 2026
Definition of mowed
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  • McCarthy and his co-screenwriters, Noé Debré and Thomas Bidegain, have adhered closely to the actual transcripts of the conference in their efforts to recreate it.
    — Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 6 Oct. 2026
  • Earlier versions adhered more closely to the facts of what happened to Pam.
    — Josh Rivera, USA Today, 3 Aug. 2026
Definition of adhered
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  • The Roadster clung to the surface, hanging upside-down from the ledge like a gecko on a ceiling thanks to a special fan suction system on its chassis.
    — Mike Wall, Space.com, 16 Oct. 2026
  • Real Sociedad almost gave up a three-goal lead and were reduced to 10 men but clung on to beat Deportivo La Coruna 3-2.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 11 Oct. 2026
Definition of clung
Verb
  • As such, the greatest obstacle to genuine transformation is getting stuck in the planning cycle.
    — Jeff DeGraff, Fortune, 17 Oct. 2026
  • Walking into a room to do some task or other, they’ll get stuck obsessively staring at the door hinges.
    — Meghan O’Gieblyn, The New York Review of Books, 17 Oct. 2026
Definition of stuck

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“Hewed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hewed. Accessed 20 Oct. 2026.

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