axe

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or ax A0554050 (ăks)n. pl. ax·es (ăk′sĭz) 1. A tool with a bladed, usually heavy head mounted crosswise on a handle, used for felling trees or chopping wood.2. Any of various bladed, handheld implements used as a cutting tool or weapon.3. Informal A sudden termination of employment: My colleague got the axe yesterday.4. Slang A musical instrument, especially a guitar.tr.v. axed, ax·ing, ax·es 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.

[Middle English, from Old English æx.]

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(ăks) Nonstandard v. Variant of ax².

axe

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n, pl axes1. (Tools) a hand tool with one side of its head forged and sharpened to a cutting edge, used for felling trees, splitting timber, etc. See also hatchet2. an axe to grind a. an ulterior motiveb. a grievancec. a pet subject3. (Commerce) dismissal, esp from employment; the sack (esp in the phrase get the axe)4. (Industrial Relations & HR Terms) dismissal, esp from employment; the sack (esp in the phrase get the axe)5. (Industrial Relations & HR Terms) Brit severe cutting down of expenditure, esp the removal of unprofitable sections of a public service6. (Instruments) slang US any musical instrument, esp a guitar or hornvb (tr) 7. to chop or trim with an axe8. informal to dismiss (employees), restrict (expenditure or services), or terminate (a project)[Old English æx; related to Old Frisian axa, Old High German acchus, Old Norse öx, Latin ascia, Greek axinē]

axe

Past participle: axed
Gerund: axing

Imperative
axe
axe

Present
I axe
you axe
he/she/it axes
we axe
you axe
they axe

Preterite
I axed
you axed
he/she/it axed
we axed
you axed
they axed

Present Continuous
I am axing
you are axing
he/she/it is axing
we are axing
you are axing
they are axing

Present Perfect
I have axed
you have axed
he/she/it has axed
we have axed
you have axed
they have axed

Past Continuous
I was axing
you were axing
he/she/it was axing
we were axing
you were axing
they were axing

Past Perfect
I had axed
you had axed
he/she/it had axed
we had axed
you had axed
they had axed

Future
I will axe
you will axe
he/she/it will axe
we will axe
you will axe
they will axe

Future Perfect
I will have axed
you will have axed
he/she/it will have axed
we will have axed
you will have axed
they will have axed

Future Continuous
I will be axing
you will be axing
he/she/it will be axing
we will be axing
you will be axing
they will be axing

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been axing
you have been axing
he/she/it has been axing
we have been axing
you have been axing
they have been axing

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been axing
you will have been axing
he/she/it will have been axing
we will have been axing
you will have been axing
they will have been axing

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been axing
you had been axing
he/she/it had been axing
we had been axing
you had been axing
they had been axing

Conditional
I would axe
you would axe
he/she/it would axe
we would axe
you would axe
they would axe

Past Conditional
I would have axed
you would have axed
he/she/it would have axed
we would have axed
you would have axed
they would have axed

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	axe - an edge tool with a heavy bladed head mounted across a handleaxax handle, axe handle - the handle of an axax head, axe head - the cutting head of an axblade - the flat part of a tool or weapon that (usually) has a cutting edgebroadax, broadaxe - a large ax with a broad cutting bladecommon ax, common axe, Dayton ax, Dayton axe - an ax with a long handle and a head that has one cutting edge and one blunt sidedouble-bitted ax, double-bitted axe, Western ax, Western axe - an ax that has cutting edges on both sides of the headedge tool - any cutting tool with a sharp cutting edge (as a chisel or knife or plane or gouge)fireman's ax, fireman's axe - an ax that has a long handle and a head with one cutting edge and a point on the other sidehaft, helve - the handle of a weapon or toolhatchet - a small ax with a short handle used with one hand (usually to chop wood)ice ax, ice axe, piolet - an ax used by mountain climbers for cutting footholds in icepoleax, poleaxe - an ax used to slaughter cattle; has a hammer opposite the blade
Verb	1.	axe - chop or split with an ax; "axe wood"axhack, chop - cut with a hacking tool
	2.	axe - terminate; "The NSF axed the research program and stopped funding it"axterminate, end - bring to an end or halt; "She ended their friendship when she found out that he had once been convicted of a crime"; "The attack on Poland terminated the relatively peaceful period after WW I"

axe

noun1. hatchet, chopper, tomahawk, cleaver, adze She took an axe and wrecked the car.verb1. (Informal) abandon, end, pull, eliminate, cancel, scrap, wind up, turn off (informal), relegate, cut back, terminate, dispense with, discontinue, pull the plug on Community projects are being axed by the government.2. (Informal) dismiss, fire (informal), sack (informal), remove, get rid of, discharge, throw out, oust, give (someone) their marching orders, give the boot to (slang), give the bullet to (Brit. slang), give the push to, give someone his or her P45 (informal) She was axed by the Edinburgh club in October after her comments about a referee.an axe to grind pet subject, grievance, ulterior motive, private purpose, personal consideration, private ends I've got no axe to grind with him.the axe (Informal) the sack (informal), dismissal, discharge, wind-up, the boot (slang), cancellation, cutback, termination, the chop (slang), the (old) heave-ho (informal), the order of the boot (slang) one of the four doctors facing the axe

Translations

减少削减斧斧子解雇

axe

(ӕks) (American) ax noun a tool with a (long) handle and a metal blade for cutting down trees and cutting wood etc into pieces. 斧 verb1. to get rid of; to dismiss. They've axed 50% of their staff. 解雇，削减 2. to reduce (costs, services etc). Government spending in education has been axed.减少

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take an axe to

To destroy or attempt to destroy something, usually something intangible. I'm worried that Sarah will want to take an axe to her whole project after hearing your criticism. Congress is going to take an axe to some of the existing laws once the new term starts. I'm afraid I'm going to have to take an axe to the treehouse since it's so rotted.See also: axe, take

have an axe to grind

1. To have a complaint or dispute that one feels compelled to discuss. I think the boss has a bit of an axe to grind with you over the way the account was handled.2. To have a personal motivation or selfish reason for saying or doing something. It was boy's-club attitudes like yours that made my time at school a living hell, so yeah, I have a bit of an axe to grind. I don't have an ax to grind here—I just want to know the truth.See also: axe, grind, have

get the ax(e)

1. To be fired. I'm going to get the axe if the boss finds out that printing error was my fault.2. To be ended or stopped abruptly. I'm so disappointed that my favorite show got the axe this year.See also: get

an ax(e) hanging over (someone or something)

1. The threat of being fired. There's definitely going to be an axe hanging over me if the boss finds out that printing error was my fault.2. The threat of being destroyed or ended. I worry that there's an axe hanging over our initiative now that our funding's been slashed.See also: hanging, over

an axe to grind

1. A complaint or dispute that one feels compelled to discuss. I think the boss has a bit of an axe to grind with you over the way the account was handled.2. A personal motivation or selfish reason for saying or doing something. It was boy's-club attitudes like yours that made my time at school a living hell, so yeah, I have a bit of an axe to grind. I don't have an axe to grind here—I just want to know the truth.See also: axe, grind

old battle-axe

A strong-willed, argumentative woman, typically older in age, who is considered overbearing or domineering. My grandmother was always the matriarch of the entire family, an old battle-axe who answered to no one but God. I gained a reputation of being an old-battle axe in the office because of how outspoken and unbending I am about certain issues.See also: old

get axed

To be fired. I'm going to get axed if the boss finds out that printing error was my fault.See also: axe, get

give (one) the ax(e)

To fire one. The boss is going to give me the axe if he finds out that printing error was my fault.See also: give

get axed

Fig. to get fired. Betty and two of her friends got axed today.See also: axe, get

have an ax(e) to grind

Fig. to have something to complain about. Tom, I need to talk to you. I have an ax to grind. Bill and Bob went into the other room to argue. They had an axe to grind.See also: ax, grind, have

old battle-axe

a bossy old woman. She is such an old battle-axe. I'll bet she's hell to live with.See also: old

get the ax

Also, get the boot or bounce or can or heave-ho or hook or sack . Be discharged or fired, expelled, or rejected. For example, He got the ax at the end of the first week, or The manager was stunned when he got the boot himself, or We got the bounce in the first quarter, or The pitcher got the hook after one inning, or Bill finally gave his brother-in-law the sack. All but the last of these slangy expressions date from the 1870s and 1880s. They all have variations using give that mean "to fire or expel someone," as in Are they giving Ruth the ax?Get the ax alludes to the executioner's ax, and get the boot to literally booting or kicking someone out. Get the bounce alludes to being bounced out; get the can comes from the verb can, "to dismiss," perhaps alluding to being sealed in a container; get the heave-ho alludes to heave in the sense of lifting someone bodily, and get the hook is an allusion to a fishing hook. Get the sack, first recorded in 1825, probably came from French though it existed in Middle Dutch. The reference here is to a workman's sac ("bag") in which he carried his tools and which was given back to him when he was fired. Also see give someone the air. See also: ax, get

an axe hanging over someone

If there is an axe hanging over someone, they are likely to lose their job soon. Note: `Axe' is spelled `ax' in American English. I wouldn't say there's an axe hanging over him but he's only got another season to put everything right.See also: axe, hanging, over, someone

an axe hanging over something

If there is an axe hanging over something, that thing is likely to be destroyed or ended soon. Note: `Axe' is spelled `ax' in American English. The axe was hanging over 600 jobs at oil giant BP last night.See also: axe, hanging, over, something

get the axe

get the chop

1. If someone gets the axe or gets the chop, they lose their job. Note: `Axe' is spelled `ax' in American English. Business managers, executives and technical staff are all getting the axe. I've often wondered whether I'd have got the chop, if I'd stayed long enough to find out. Note: You can also say that someone is given the axe or is given the chop. She was last night given the axe from the hit TV show.2. If something such as a project or part of a business gets the axe or gets the chop, it is ended suddenly. Note: `Axe' is spelled `ax' in American English. That is one of the TV shows likely to get the axe. Services to major towns and cities across England are getting the chop or being reduced. Note: You can also say that something is given the axe or is given the chop. A few days previously, the Westoe Colliery, the last pit in the region, was given the axe.See also: axe, get

have an axe to grind

COMMON If someone has an axe to grind, they have particular attitudes about something, often because they think they have been treated badly or because they want to get an advantage. Note: `Axe' is spelled `ax' in American English. Lord Gifford believed cases should be referred by an independent agency which, as he put it, doesn't have an axe to grind. He didn't have a critical ax to grind. He was very open-minded about other people's work. Note: You can also say that you have no axe to grind to deny that your strong opinions about something are based on personal reasons. The unions insist they have no axe to grind, because they will represent operators wherever they work. Note: There are several explanations for the origin of this expression. One is a story told by Benjamin Franklin about a man who managed to get his own axe sharpened by asking a boy to show him how his father's grindstone worked. See also: axe, grind, have

have an axe to grind

have a private, sometimes malign, motive for doing or being involved in something. The expression originated in a story told by Benjamin Franklin and was used first in the USA, especially with reference to politics, but it is now in general use. 1997 Times I am a non-smoker, and have no personal axe to grind. See also: axe, grind, have

have an ˈaxe to grind

(usually used in negative sentences) have private, often selfish, reasons for being involved in something: Having no particular political axe to grind, he stood for election as an independent candidate.See also: axe, grind, have

axe

n. a musical instrument. (Originally a saxophone.) Get out your axe and let’s jam.

get the ax

verbSee get the sackSee also: ax, get

axe to grind

A selfish or ulterior aim: He claimed to be disinterested, but I knew he had an axe to grind.See also: axe, grind

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get the ax(e)

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noun hatchet

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verb abandon

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verb dismiss

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phrase an axe to grind

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noun an edge tool with a heavy bladed head mounted across a handle

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verb chop or split with an ax

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verb terminate

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