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noun
- 1. a tool used for chopping wood, typically of iron with a steel edge and wooden handle: "I started swinging the axe at the lumps of driftwood"
- 2. a musical instrument used in popular music or jazz, especially a guitar or (originally) a saxophone. informal
verb
- 1. end, cancel, or dismiss suddenly and ruthlessly: "the company is axing 125 jobs" Similar
- 2. cut or strike with an axe, especially violently or destructively: "the mahogany panelling had been axed"
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AXE definition: 1. a tool that has a heavy iron or steel blade at the end of a long wooden handle, used for cutting…. Learn more.
An axe (/ æks / sometimes ax in American English; see spelling differences) is an implement that has been used for millennia to shape, split, and cut wood, to harvest timber, as a weapon, and as a ceremonial or heraldic symbol.
The meaning of AXE is a cutting tool that consists of a heavy edged head fixed to a handle with the edge parallel to the handle and that is used especially for felling trees and chopping and splitting wood.
Axe definition: a hand tool with one side of its head forged and sharpened to a cutting edge, used for felling trees, splitting timber, etc. See examples of AXE used in a sentence.
a tool that has a heavy iron or steel blade at the end of a long wooden handle, used for cutting wood: Julian used an axe to chop down the old apple tree. the axe (also the ax) the situation in which someone loses their job: Over 500 staff are facing the axe. get the axe (also get the ax)
1. To chop or fell with or as if with an axe: axed down the saplings; axed out a foothold in the ice. 2. Informal To remove ruthlessly or suddenly: a social program that was axed to effectuate budget cuts. Idiom: axe to grind. A selfish or ulterior aim: He claimed to be disinterested, but I knew he had an axe to grind.
1. countable noun. An axe is a tool used for cutting wood. It consists of a heavy metal blade which is sharp at one edge and attached by its other edge to the end of a long handle. 2. verb [usually passive]
AXE definition: 1. a tool consisting of a wooden handle with a sharp piece of metal at one end, used for cutting…. Learn more.
Definitions of 'axe' 1. An axe is a tool used for cutting wood. It consists of a heavy metal blade which is sharp at one edge and attached by its other edge to the end of a long handle. [...] 2. If someone's job or something such as a public service or a television programme is axed, it is ended suddenly and without discussion. [...] 3.
3 days ago · An axe. From Middle English ax, axe, ex, from Old English æx, from Proto-West Germanic *akusi, from Proto-Germanic *akwisī, probably from a Proto-Indo-European *h₂egʷsih₂ (“axe”), from *h₂eḱ- (“sharp, pointed”). Compare German Axt, Dutch aks, Danish økse, Icelandic öxi, and also Latin ascia.
