Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: hewn
IPA transcription: [hj'un]
adverb meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: hewn, hand-hewn
    Meaning: cut or shaped with hard blows of a heavy cutting instrument like an ax or chisel; "a house built of hewn logs"; "rough-hewn stone"; "a path hewn through the underbrush"
Usage examples
  • Grass and leaves were strewn over the snares; chips, hewn branches, and other evidences of their work were removed.
  • The buildings here, as throughout Peru, were all constructed of hewn stone, and had doors and windows with posts, sills, and thresholds of stone.
  • Traddles reasonably supposed that this would settle the business; but I, only feeling that here indeed were a few tall trees to be hewn down, immediately resolved to work my way on to Dora through this thicket, axe in hand.