yew

Pronunciation

• enPR: yo͞o, IPA: /juː/, /jɪʊ̯/
• Homophones: ewe, u, you, (in h-dropping dialects) hew, hue

Noun

yew (countable and uncountable, plural yews)

1. (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.
   • Synonyms: English yew, European yew, common yew
2. (countable, by extension) Any tree or shrub of the genus Taxus.
3. Other conifers resembling plants in genus Taxus
   1. in family Podocarpaceae
   2. in family Cephalotaxaceae
4. (uncountable) The wood of the such trees.
5. A bow for archery, made of yew wood.

Adjective

yew (not comparable)

1. Made from the wood of the yew tree.
   • Synonym: yewen

Pronoun

yew

1. Eye dialect spelling of you.

Anagrams

• Wey, Wye, wey, wye

Alternative forms

• yewwe

Numeral

yew

1. two

Pronoun

yew

1. Alternative form of yow

Noun

yew (plural yêw)

1. house

Noun

yew

1. The portion of the ridge taken by each reaper in harvest.
2. The same laid in rows for binding into sheaves.

Numeral

yew

1. one