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• homophone: hue
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• homophone: Hiw
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• homophone: Hugh
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Variant of Hugh.

From Middle English hewen, from Old English hēawan, from Proto-West Germanic *hauwan, from Proto-Germanic *hawwaną, from Proto-Indo-European *kewh2- (“to strike, hew, forge”). Cognate to West Frisian houwe (“to hew”), Cimbrian hauan (“to dig”), Dutch houwen (“to hew”), German hauen (“to hew”), Luxembourgish haen (“to chop”), Danish hugge (“to hew”), Faroese høgga (“to hew”), Icelandic höggva (“to hew”), Norwegian Bokmål hogge, hugge (“to hew”), Norwegian Nynorsk hogga (“to hew”), Swedish hugga (“to hew”). Sense 3 derives from the phrase hew to the line (literally “cut evenly with an axe or saw”).

See hue.

81 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Belarusian: руба́ць (rubácʹ) — to chop away at; to whittle down; to mow down
• Belarusian: сячы́ (sjačý) — to chop away at; to whittle down; to mow down
• Bulgarian: сека (seka) — to chop away at; to whittle down; to mow down
• Bulgarian: отсичам (otsičam) — to chop away at; to whittle down; to mow down
• Catalan: tallar — to chop away at; to whittle down; to mow down
• Czech: sekat — to chop away at; to whittle down; to mow down
• Czech: osekávat — to chop away at; to whittle down; to mow down
• Czech: rubat — to chop away at; to whittle down; to mow down
• Dutch: houwen — to chop away at; to whittle down; to mow down
• Esperanto: tondi — to chop away at; to whittle down; to mow down
• Finnish: hakata — to chop away at; to whittle down; to mow down
• French: tailler — to chop away at; to whittle down; to mow down
• German: einhauen — to chop away at; to whittle down; to mow down
• German: behauen — to chop away at; to whittle down; to mow down
• German: bearbeiten — to chop away at; to whittle down; to mow down
• German: hauen — to chop away at; to whittle down; to mow down
• Hungarian: vág — to chop away at; to whittle down; to mow down
• Hungarian: vagdal — to chop away at; to whittle down; to mow down
• Latgalian: tēst — to chop away at; to whittle down; to mow down
• Latin: dolō — to chop away at; to whittle down; to mow down
• Latvian: tēst — to chop away at; to whittle down; to mow down
• Māori: hau — to chop away at; to whittle down; to mow down
• Māori: hahau — to chop away at; to whittle down; to mow down
• Māori: hauhau — to chop away at; to whittle down; to mow down
• Norwegian Bokmål: hugge — to chop away at; to whittle down; to mow down
• Church Slavic: рѫбити (rǫbiti) — to chop away at; to whittle down; to mow down
• Church Slavic: сѣщи (sěšti) — to chop away at; to whittle down; to mow down
• Polish: rąbać — to chop away at; to whittle down; to mow down
• Polish: siec — to chop away at; to whittle down; to mow down
• Portuguese: desbastar — to chop away at; to whittle down; to mow down
• Romanian: ciopli — to chop away at; to whittle down; to mow down
• Romanian: sculpta — to chop away at; to whittle down; to mow down
• Russian: руби́ть (rubítʹ) — to chop away at; to whittle down; to mow down
• Russian: сечь (sečʹ) — to chop away at; to whittle down; to mow down
• Lower Sorbian: rubaś — to chop away at; to whittle down; to mow down
• Spanish: cortar — to chop away at; to whittle down; to mow down
• Swedish: hugga — to chop away at; to whittle down; to mow down
• Ukrainian: руба́ти (rubáty) — to chop away at; to whittle down; to mow down
• Ukrainian: руби́ти (rubýty) — to chop away at; to whittle down; to mow down
• Ukrainian: сі́кти (síkty) — to chop away at; to whittle down; to mow down
• Azerbaijani: yonmaq — to shape; to form
• Bulgarian: дялам (djalam) — to shape; to form
• Catalan: tallar — to shape; to form
• Catalan: cisellar — to shape; to form
• Catalan: esculpir — to shape; to form
• Czech: vytesat — to shape; to form
• Czech: vysekat — to shape; to form
• Dutch: vormen — to shape; to form
• Dutch: modelleren — to shape; to form
• Dutch: boetseren — to shape; to form
• Esperanto: haki — to shape; to form
• Finnish: muovata — to shape; to form
• Finnish: muokata — to shape; to form
• Finnish: muotoilla — to shape; to form
• French: façonner — to shape; to form
• French: modeler — to shape; to form
• Hungarian: farag — to shape; to form
• Hungarian: alakít — to shape; to form
• Hungarian: formál — to shape; to form
• Hungarian: képez — to shape; to form
• Hungarian: vés — to shape; to form
• Polish: kształtować — to shape; to form
• Polish: formować — to shape; to form
• Portuguese: moldar — to shape; to form
• Russian: придава́ть (pridavátʹ) — to shape; to form
• Russian: обтёсывать (obtjósyvatʹ) — to shape; to form
• Russian: выреза́ть (vyrezátʹ) — to shape; to form
• Spanish: tallar — to shape; to form
• Spanish: labrar — to shape; to form
• Spanish: esculpir — to shape; to form
• Turkish: yontmak — to shape; to form
• Czech: dodržovat — to act according to
• Czech: jednat v souladu — to act according to
• Dutch: zich conformeren met — to act according to
• Dutch: zich richten naar — to act according to
• French: se conformer — to act according to
• French: accommoder — to act according to
• French: assujettir — to act according to
• Russian: приде́рживаться (pridérživatʹsja) — to act according to
• Russian: соотве́тствовать (sootvétstvovatʹ) — to act according to
• Russian: согласо́вываться (soglasóvyvatʹsja) — to act according to