Hew

To cut or shape wood using a tool like an axe or a saw. For example, when someone is making a wooden chair, they might hew the pieces to the right size.

Examples

• The lumberjack had to hew the large tree into smaller pieces for the school project we were working on.
• In art class, we learned how to hew a block of wood to create our very own sculptures.
• When building a fort in the backyard, we used tools to hew the branches into the right shapes.

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