Hew Out (Verb)
Meaning
Make or shape as with an axe; "hew out a path in the rock".
Classification
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging.
Examples
- Using heavy machinery, the construction workers began to hew out a tunnel through the mountain range.
- We had to hew out a path through the dense thicket to get to the waterfall.
- The miner used a pickaxe to hew out a new vein of coal in the depths of the mine shaft.
- The forest ranger used a machete to hew out a new trail in the wilderness preserve.
- After years of excavation, archaeologists finally managed to hew out entry points to the ancient underground city.