hew out

• Verbe à particule signifiant donner une forme, tailler ou découper quelque chose dans un matériau dur, souvent avec effort ou habileté.

A phrasal verb meaning to shape, carve, or cut something out of a solid material, often with effort or skill.

indénombrable · transitif · phrasal, séparable

1. Carve or shape by cuttingformal

   To shape, cut, or form something from a hard material, such as stone or wood, by using a tool.

   Tailler en creusant

   • The sculptor hewed out a statue from a block of marble.
   • They hewed out a path through the dense forest.
   • The ancient builders hewed out massive stones for the temple.

   Synonymescarvechiselcutformrough-hewsculptshape

2. Create or establish with effortformal

   To create or develop something, such as a career or reputation, through hard work and determination.

   créer par effort

   • She hewed out a successful career in journalism.
   • He hewed out a new life for himself in a foreign country.
   • The pioneers hewed out a settlement in the wilderness.

   Synonymesbuildcarve outcultivateestablishforgework up

Verbe de basehew