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hew(2) (iou) and devalue (iou)


hew(2) (iou)



hew verb. [hju:] Pa. pple hewn [hju:n], hewed.

verb intrans. Deal cutting blows (at, among, etc.). OE.
Tolkien In a fury he hewed at them with his sword.
verb trans. gen. Chop or cut, with an axe, sword, etc. Freq. in pass. OE.
C. Kingsley His casque and armour..were hewn and battered by a hundred blows.
verb trans. Cut into shape with cutting or chopping blows of an axe etc. OE.
rough-hew: see ROUGH adverb.
C. Thubron Some of the stones are hewn smooth, others left jagged.
verb trans. Chop or cut down etc.; fell (timber); cut (coal) from a seam. OE.
G. K. Chesterton The invaders were hewn down horribly with black steel. G. L. Harding Those who hewed the stone from the local quarries.
verb trans. Sever (a part from the whole) with cutting blows, cut away, off, etc. OE.
E. A. Freeman The fragments of rock left when the rest is hewn away.
verb trans. Make or produce by hewing. (Foll. by out, into, etc.) OE.
hew one's way make a way for oneself by hewing.
B. Malamud Rough steps that had been hewn into the rocky hills.
verb trans. Divide with cutting blows; chop (a thing) into pieces. Now chiefly (arch.) in hew asunder, hew in pieces, hew to pieces, etc. LME.
verb trans. & intrans. Of a horse etc.: strike (a foot etc.) against, upon another foot etc. in going. Cf. CUT verb 30. E16-E19.
fig. Conform to. N. Amer. L19.
New Yorker Even Sandra Day O'Connor..has not reliably hewed to the Reagan agenda.

devalue (iou)



devalue verb trans. [di:'valju:] E20.
[from DE- 3 + VALUE noun.]
Reduce or annul the value of; deprive of value; spec. reduce the official value of (a currency) relative to gold or another currency.
Lyndon B. Johnson The British government had decided to devalue the pound from $2.80 to $2.40. M. Sarton Men still do rather consistently undervalue or devalue women's powers. W. Boyd The reek of corn beer on his breath tended to devalue his protestations of innocence.