yew
IPA: jˈu
noun
- (countable) A species of coniferous tree, Taxus baccata, with dark-green flat needle-like leaves and seeds bearing red arils, native to western, central and southern Europe, northwest Africa, northern Iran and southwest Asia.
- (countable, by extension) Any tree or shrub of the genus Taxus.
- Other conifers resembling plants in genus Taxus
- in family Podocarpaceae
- in family Cephalotaxaceae
- (uncountable) The wood of the such trees.
- A bow for archery, made of yew wood.
adjective
- Made from the wood of the yew tree.
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Examples of "yew" in Sentences
- Ancient yew tree is in church yard.
- It's made of unpainted yew heartwood.
- Yew trees are still in evidence there.
- Ancient yew tree is in the church yard.
- And yew guys act the like the Sheriffs.
- The yew in particular was sacred to Hecate.
- An ancient yew tree stands in the churchyard.
- The pond was situated to the west of the Yew Avenue.
- Kin yew say “vague” and “overbroad,” boys and girls?
- *nice wurdpress, yew is a nyce stoopy program, we lubs yew*
- And yew also did imply yew dont care about the articles integrity.
- Afa is the astral god of divination, also the younger brother of Yewe.
- The bark of certain yew trees can yield a medicine that fights cancer.
- May 27, 2008 at 5:02 pm noes….akshully, ifn yew luuk clossely…..yew wil see he awlreddy haz himz jazz pawz owt !
- ai fot mebbe yew wuz nawt happitail wit me 4 sum reason……… mebbe we is jus online at diffrunt times…… *wispurrrr…… ai miss yew*
- March 31, 2008 at 4:15 pm jus jumps rite in an maik yrselfs at home……..yew cant do lolspeak rong! yew can eats anyting yew laik and majic!
- a little of what you call yew wid your juniper, it will not be any better -- that is, it will not be no worse -- then you do take something of de fatsh of de bear, and of de badger, and of de great eber, as you call de grand boar, and of de little sucking child as has not been christened
- an waz be-in heer awn ICHC dat saveded me, ebben tho waz yeerz affer teh fak, an ifn yew iz nawt in teh yahoo groop ov cheezfrenz ….go an be wun, yew can letz owf stem, an dey can gib yew lowtz ov guud advise, iz wun smart groop…..yew hav frenz ….guud wunz hoo yew kan trun ew fer teh helpz ….
- ` ` Why, my goot Master Oldenbuck, you will only laugh at me --- But de hand of glory is vary well known in de countries where your worthy progenitors did live --- and it is hand cut off from a dead man, as has been hanged for murther, and dried very nice in de shmoke of juniper wood; and if you put a little of what you call yew wid your juniper, it will not be any better
- Yew trust me, and yew'll find plenty of room; but if yew don't feel quite comf'table, if I was yew I'd just lie off for a bit while you send in one of your boats and Squire First Lieutenant there, to see what it's like, and the sooner the better, for the sun's getting low, and as I dessay yew know better than I can tell _yew_, it ain't long after the sun sinks before it's tidy dark.