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hue vs hew

hue

Definitions

noun

  1. the quality of a color as determined by its dominant wavelength

verb

  1. take on color or become colored
  2. suffuse with color

Examples

For Rosenstock-Huessy, the vocative is the condition of dialogue and hence the real condition of a new truth.

Their skin colour, sexuality or hair hue is irrelevant.

There's a reason that those invites a fortunate few received, allowing them to attend the après-opening private reception at the latest, greatest Place To Be, the Feral Cheerleader, are tinctured with a hue you cannot find at Sherwin-Williams.

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hew

Definitions

verb

  1. strike with an axe; cut down, strike
  2. make or shape as with an axe

Examples

The question, which has been eating at Matthews for several years, is gnawing on him a couple of hours later as he decompresses at a party at Spago in Beverly Hills.

It felt like chewing string dipped in weed killer, but within a couple of minutes the trembling in his limbs gave way to a kind of enervated thrumming and the pounding in his head subsided to a manageable level.

Both favour the no-frills approach, often eschewing swish restaurants to munch burgers together when they meet.

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