tohew

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verb

To cut or hack heavily; cut to pieces, chop up.

OriginMiddle English tohewen ← Old English tōhēawan ← Proto-Germanic *tehawwaną →
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Meanings

verbtohew (third-person singular simple present tohews, present participle tohewing, simple past tohewed, past participle tohewn)

present singular third person tohews · participle present tohewing · past tohewed · participle past tohewn

  1. obsoleteTo cut or hack heavily; cut to pieces, chop up.

Origin

  1. Proto-Germanic*tehawwaną“to cut to pieces”
  2. Old Englishtōhēawan“to hew in pieces, chop up”
  3. Middle Englishtohewen
  4. Englishtohew

From Middle English tohewen, from Old English tōhēawan (“to hew in pieces, chop up”), from Proto-Germanic *tehawwaną (“to cut to pieces”), equivalent to to- + hew. Cognate with Old Frisian tehawa, Middle Low German tohouwen, Dutch tehouwen, German zerhauen (“to chop up, hack”).

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APA

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MLA

“tohew.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tohew. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “tohew,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tohew.

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