adj
Meaning 1
Made or crafted by cutting, whittling down.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: unhewn
Standard Lemma guide
hewn
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Pronunciation
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/hjuːn/
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rhymes with -uːn
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CMU ARPABET: HH Y UW1 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
adj
Meaning 2
Having been cut or mown down.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 3
past participle of hew
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, participle, past
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 4
cut or shaped with hard blows of a heavy cutting instrument like an ax or chisel
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- a house built of hewn logs
- rough-hewn stone
- a path hewn through the underbrush
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: hand-hewn
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Morphologically hew + -n.
Across languages
Translations
3 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Esperanto: elhakita — made or crafted by cutting
- French: taillé — made or crafted by cutting
- French: coupé — made or crafted by cutting