[verb] [T] [past simple] hewed, [past participle] hewed or hewn - to cut (a large piece) out of rock, stone or another hard material in a rough wayThe monument was hewn out of the side of a mountain.He specializes in creating roughly-hewn sculptures out of wood.
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Meaning of HEW in English
Cambridge English vocab. Кембриджский английский словарь. 2012