| HEW | • hew v. (Transitive, intransitive) To chop away at; to whittle down; to mow down. • hew v. (Transitive) To shape; to form. • hew v. (Transitive, US) To act according to, to conform to; usually construed with to. |
| CHEW | • chew v. To crush with the teeth by repeated closing and opening of the jaws; done to food to soften it and break… • chew v. To grind, tear, or otherwise degrade or demolish something with teeth or as with teeth. • chew v. (Informal) To think about something; to ponder; to chew over. |
| PHEW | • phew interj. Used to express relief of tension, fatigue, or surprise. • phew interj. Used to show disgust. • PHEW interj. an exclamation of relief, astonishment etc. |
| SHEW | • shew v. Archaic spelling of show. • shew n. Archaic spelling of show. • shew v. (East Anglia) simple past tense of show. |
| THEW | • thew n. (Archaic, chiefly in the plural, also figuratively). • thew n. (Obsolete, chiefly in the plural). • thew v. (Transitive, obsolete) To instruct (someone) in morals or values; also (more generally) to chastise… |
| WHEW | • whew interj. An expressive sound made indicating the release of one’s inner tension; the release of breath; an expression… • whew interj. An expression of amazement or surprise. • whew v. (UK, Scotland, dialect) To whistle with a shrill pipe, like a plover. |
| CASHEW | • cashew n. A tree, Anacardium occidentale, native to northeastern Brazil, now widely grown in tropical climates… • cashew n. A cashew nut. • CASHEW n. (Tupi) a large tree native to tropical America and cultivated for its edible kidney-shaped nuts; the nut itself. |
| ESCHEW | • eschew v. (Transitive, formal) To avoid; to shun, to shy away from. • ESCHEW v. to avoid. |
| NEPHEW | • nephew n. A son of one’s sibling, brother-in-law, or sister-in-law; either a son of one’s brother (fraternal nephew)… • nephew n. A son of one’s cousin or cousin-in-law. • nephew n. (Archaic) A son of one’s child. |
| RECHEW | • rechew v. To chew again. • rechew v. (Figuratively) To go over or ponder again. • RECHEW v. to chew again. |
| FITCHEW | • fitchew n. (Obsolete) polecat. • Fitchew prop.n. A surname originating as a patronymic. • FITCHEW n. a polecat, also FITCH, FITCHET. |
| MORPHEW | • morphew n. A blemish or mark on the skin, especially a blister caused by scurvy. • Morphew prop.n. A surname. • MORPHEW n. (Italian) a skin eruption. |
| CLERIHEW | • clerihew n. A humorous rhyme of four lines with the rhyming scheme AABB, usually regarding a person mentioned in the first line. • Clerihew n. Alternative letter-case form of clerihew. • CLERIHEW n. a light verse quatrain rhyming AABB and usually dealing with a person named in the initial rhyme. |
| FORESHEW | • foreshew v. Archaic form of foreshow. • FORESHEW v. to presage, also FORESHOW. |
| ROUGHHEW | • roughhew v. Alternative form of rough-hew. • rough-hew v. To cut or shape something roughly without finishing or tidying the surface. • ROUGHHEW v. to shape roughly. |
| SPANGHEW | • spanghew v. (Transitive, Scotland, Northern England, rare, said especially of frogs and toads) To strike and cause… • spanghew v. ‘to inflate a frog and bowl it across the surface of a pond’. • SPANGHEW v. (dialect) to fling into the air. |
| GRANDNEPHEW | • grandnephew n. A grandson of one’s sibling; a son of one’s nephew or niece. (Brother’s grandson: fraternal grandnephew… • GRANDNEPHEW n. a grandson of one's brother or sister. |