hew, v. 1. chop, hack, ax; strike, smite, hit, whack.
2. cut down, fell, drop, raze, level; chop down, mow down, bring down, knock down, Inf. down, Inf. whack down.
3. carve, sculpt, sculpture, shape, fashion, form, make; whittle, cut, chip, square, incise; mold, cast, roughcast, hammer out, block out, chisel, roughhew.
4. sever, cut off, dissever, cleave, truncate, rive; trim, saw off, lop, slice; clip, prune, shear, dislimb.
heyday, n. prime, pink, efflorescence, fructification, flower, full flowering or blossoming, bloom, blossom; peak, pinnacle, summit, acme, zenith, height, top, tiptop; cap, crown, crowning point, meridian, culmination, consummation,
hiatus, n. 1. gap, gape, blank, emptiness, vacuum, void, vacancy, lacuna; break, interruption, disruption, Prosody, caesura, Physiol, synapse; pause, rest, recess, lull, halt, stop, standstill, time out; cessation, abatement, discontinuance, suspension, suspense, abeyance; delay, wait, deferment, postponement; interstice, interval, interim, intermission, intermittence, intermittency.
2. opening, slot, hole, cavity, space, aperture, orifice, foramen; breach, separation, scission, rent, rift, fissure, cleft. Archaic, scissure; chink, crack, crevice, cranny; groove, furrow, trench, chasm, gulf, channel; notch, score, scratch, incision; slit, split, chap, cut, gash.
hibernate, v. 1. lie dormant, lie idle, lie fallow, stagnate, vegetate, Zool. estivate; winter.
2. withdraw, retire, drop or keep out of sight, seclude oneself, go into hiding, hide; lie hid or hidden, Dial, lie snug or close, Inf. lie low, Inf hide out, SI. hole up, SI. sit tight.
hick, n. Informal, yokel, bumpkin, country bumpkin. See - bumpkin, hidden, adj. concealed, veiled, masked, shrouded, enshrouded; obscure, indistinct, indefinite, unclear, shadowy, cloudy, nebulous, vague, ambiguous; secret, cryptic, arcane, perdu, private, covert, top-secret, under wraps, Inf. hush-hush; occult, mysterious, inexplicable, unaccountable, insoluble; impenetrable, incomprehensible, inapprehensible, past or beyond comprehension or understanding, unknowable, incognizable, unfathomable; mystic, transcendental, supernatural, preternatural.
hide1, v. 1. conceal, screen, veil, shroud, enshroud, Inf. cover up; dissemble, disguise, camouflage; gloss over, varnish, Inf. whitewash.
2. secrete, hide away, ensconce, closet, stow away, store away, file and forget, lock up, seal up.
3. obstruct, block, eclipse; cloud, becloud, obscure, darken, adumbrate, obfuscate.
4. withhold, harbor, hold in, SI. hold out on; keep secret, keep mum, keep dark, Inf. keep under one's hat, Inf. keep under wraps; suppress, hush, hush up.
5. withdraw, retire, hibernate, drop or keep out of sight, seclude oneself, conceal oneself, go into hiding, cover one's tracks; lie hid or hidden, lie perdu, Dial, lie snug or close, Inf. lie low, Inf. hide out, SI. hole up, SI. sit tight.
hide2, n. 1. pelt, skin, coat, jacket, fleece, fell, fur, leather.
2. Informal, safety, welfare, well-being, behalf, interest; benefit, profit, advantage.
3. hide nor hair trace, vestige, spoor; sign, mark, indicator, indication; hint, suggestion, intimation; clue, cue, key, Inf. lead.
-v. 4. Informal, thrash, whip, flail, whale, beat, Inf. lick, Inf. wallop, Inf. give [s.o.] a shellacking, Inf. tan [s.o.'s] hide.