axe
IPA: ˈæks
noun
- A tool for felling trees or chopping wood etc. consisting of a heavy head flattened to a blade on one side, and a handle attached to it.
- An ancient weapon consisting of a head that has one or two blades and a long handle.
- (informal) A dismissal or rejection.
- (figurative) A drastic reduction or cutback.
- (slang, music) A gigging musician's particular instrument, especially a guitar in rock music or a saxophone in jazz.
- (finance) A position, interest, or reason in buying and selling stock, often with ulterior motives.
- (archaic) The axle of a wheel.
- A river in Dorset, Somerset, and east Devon, England, which flows into Lyme Bay at Seaton.
- A river in Somerset, England, which flows into the Bristol Channel at Weston-super-Mare.
verb
- (transitive) To fell or chop with an axe.
- (transitive, figurative) To lay off, terminate or drastically reduce, especially in a rough or ruthless manner; to cancel.
- To furnish with an axle.
- (now obsolete outside dialects, especially African-American Vernacular) Alternative form of ask [(transitive or ditransitive) To request (information, or an answer to a question).]
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Examples of "axe" in Sentences
- Axe man is the best of the world
- It is the antecedent of the modern ice axe.
- These axes are known as the two 'principal axes' of the hyperbola.
- The axe, adze and chisel were the common tools used in timber work.
- The three hinge axes are parallel to the optical axes of the bodies.
- In the bathroom scene, Pink chopping a hole in the door with the axe is cut.
- The more time one spends sharpening the axe, the easier it is to chop the wood.