hew out in English

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      "form": "hews out",
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        "carve out, or cut out a form, or to make something hollow by using heavy cutting tools such as an axe."
      ],
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        [
          "carve",
          "carve"
        ],
        [
          "cut out",
          "cut out"
        ],
        [
          "hollow",
          "hollow"
        ],
        [
          "axe",
          "axe"
        ]
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        {
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Māori",
          "lang_code": "mi",
          "sense": "to carve out, to make something hollow",
          "word": "tātā"
        },
        {
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Māori",
          "lang_code": "mi",
          "sense": "to carve out, to make something hollow",
          "word": "hahau"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "hew out"
}

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{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "hews out",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hewing out",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hewed out",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hewn out",
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        "participle",
        "past"
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    }
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      ],
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          "carve",
          "carve"
        ],
        [
          "cut out",
          "cut out"
        ],
        [
          "hollow",
          "hollow"
        ],
        [
          "axe",
          "axe"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Māori",
      "lang_code": "mi",
      "sense": "to carve out, to make something hollow",
      "word": "tātā"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Māori",
      "lang_code": "mi",
      "sense": "to carve out, to make something hollow",
      "word": "hahau"
    }
  ],
  "word": "hew out"
}

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"hew out" meaning in English

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