hewed
Cut with blade
Hewed is the past tense of hew, meaning to chop or cut with heavy blows: They hewed timber for the cabin.
The word suggests forceful, deliberate cutting—hewing wood, hewing stone.
Figuratively, to hew to something is to conform strictly: She hewed to traditional values.
The past participle can be hewed or hewn.
Bladed tool for chopping
- cleavedSplit forcefully apart
- splitSeparation into parts
- felledCut down, as timber
- lumberjackProfessional tree cutter
firewood · logs · kindling · felling · chainsaw · hack · sever · timber
Edged carving implement
- engraveCarve designs permanently
- etchIncise a surface
- inciseCut into material
- inscribeCarve letters into surface
gouge · whittle · notch · score · groove · chip · pare · adze
Pit for extracting rock
- graniteIgneous rock, quartz-rich
- marbleRecrystallized limestone rock
- masonryBuilding with mortared blocks
- ashlarPrecision-cut building stone
limestone · sandstone · stonemason · block · slab · monolith · megalith · quarried
Given definite shape
- fashionedCreated by shaping
- shapedGiven a particular form
- contouredShaped to fit
- roughedTreated with physical aggression
squared · dressed · worked · crafted · tooled · wrought · sculpted · blocked
axe
Bladed tool for chopping
lumberjack · firewood · logs · kindling · felling · chainsaw · hack · sever · timber · woodcutter
chisel
Edged carving implement
inscribe · gouge · whittle · notch · score · groove · chip · pare · adze · woodcarving
quarry
Pit for extracting rock
- graniteIgneous rock, quartz-rich
- marbleRecrystallized limestone rock
- masonryBuilding with mortared blocks
ashlar · limestone · sandstone · stonemason · block · slab · monolith · megalith · quarried · dressed
formed
Given definite shape
roughed · squared · dressed · worked · crafted · tooled · wrought · sculpted · blocked · trimmed
conform
Behave as expected
abide · uphold · maintain · keep · cling · cleave · hold · comply · adhere · faithful
unpolished
Lacking finish or refinement
primitive · raw · textured · unfinished · crude · natural · handmade · artisanal · unrefined · weathered
- rough hewnRoughly shaped, unpolished