English dictionary
yew
/j//u/
Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.
adjective
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Of or pertaining to yew trees; made of the wood of a yew tree; as, a <i>yew</i> whipstock.
Source: webster1913
noun
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wood of a yew; especially the durable fine-grained light brown or red wood of the English yew valued for cabinetwork and archery bows
Source: WordNet 3.0
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any of numerous evergreen trees or shrubs having red cup-shaped berries and flattened needlelike leaves
Source: WordNet 3.0
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An evergreen tree (<i>Taxus baccata</i>) of Europe, allied to the pines, but having a peculiar berrylike fruit instead of a cone. It frequently grows in British churchyards.
Source: webster1913
verb
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See <u>Yaw</u>.
Source: webster1913