ax

(æks)

Word forms: axes, axing, axedregional note: in BRIT, sometimes in AM, use axe

1. countable noun

An ax is a tool used for cutting wood. It consists of a heavy metal blade that is sharp at one edge and attached by its other edge to the end of a long handle.

2. transitive verb [usu passive]

If someone's job or something such as a public service or a television program is axed, it is ended suddenly and without discussion.

Community projects are being axed by hard-pressed social services departments.

Synonyms: abandon, end, pull, eliminate More Synonyms of ax

More Synonyms of ax

ax in American English 1

(æks) or axe (æks)

nounWord forms: plural ˈaxes

a tool for chopping trees and splitting wood: it has a long wooden handle and a metal head with a blade usually on only one side

any similar tool or weapon, as a battle-ax, headsman's ax, etc.

3. US, Slang

a musical instrument

verb transitiveWord forms: axed or ˈaxing

to trim, split, etc. with an ax

to cut off, remove, get rid of, etc.

Idioms:

get the ax

have an ax to grind

Word origin

ME < OE eax, æx < IE base *agw(e)si > Goth aqizi, Gr axinē, L ascia

ax in American English 2

axiom

axis

单词	ax
释义	ax (æks) Word forms: axes, axing, axedregional note: in BRIT, sometimes in AM, use axe 1. countable noun An ax is a tool used for cutting wood. It consists of a heavy metal blade that is sharp at one edge and attached by its other edge to the end of a long handle. 2. transitive verb [usu passive] If someone's job or something such as a public service or a television program is axed, it is ended suddenly and without discussion. Community projects are being axed by hard-pressed social services departments. Synonyms: abandon, end, pull, eliminate More Synonyms of ax More Synonyms of ax ax in American English 1 (æks) or axe (æks) nounWord forms: plural ˈaxes 1. a tool for chopping trees and splitting wood: it has a long wooden handle and a metal head with a blade usually on only one side 2. any similar tool or weapon, as a battle-ax, headsman's ax, etc. 3. US, Slang a musical instrument verb transitiveWord forms: axed or ˈaxing 4. to trim, split, etc. with an ax 5. to cut off, remove, get rid of, etc. Idioms: get the ax have an ax to grind Word origin ME < OE eax, æx < IE base *agw(e)si > Goth aqizi, Gr axinē, L ascia ax in American English 2 1. axiom 2. axis All related terms of 'ax' axe 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 . ice ax an axlike mountain-climbing tool having a pick and an adz at opposite ends of the head, and a spike at the bottom of the handle hand ax a stone tool of the Paleolithic period rounded at one end for grasping and flaked to make sharp edges and a point at the other end meat ax a cleaver battle-ax a heavy ax with a wide blade , formerly used as a weapon of war curtal ax a cutlass stone ax a primitive axe made of chipped stone get the ax to be executed by beheading have an ax to grind to have an object of one's own to gain or promote
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ax

ax in American English 1

ax in American English 2

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