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hew (HYOO) (verb)
To chop or to cut by using a cutting instrument, such as an axe: The forester used a hatchet to hew the dead trees because they were dangerous.
hue (HYOO) (noun)
A gradient of color that helps to classify individual colors: The hue of green in Beth's dress matched the green in her eyes.
You must be careful when you use an axe to hew the branches; because, if you miss and cut your foot, the ground will turn a hue of red.
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Confusing Words Clarified: Group H; Homonyms, Homophones, Homographs, Synonyms, Polysemes, etc. +
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(Latin: caementa, "stone chips" from caedere, "to cut down, chop, beat, hew, fell, slay")
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To adhere to or to conform strictly to some rule.
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Oaf of Office
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