ax Definition

axe
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noun axes

2a. A hand-tool with a long handle and a heavy metal blade, used for cutting down trees, chopping wood, etc.
2b. slang
A guitar;
2c. slang, formerly
A saxophone.


Example: pick-axe

verb axed, axing

1a. To get rid of, dismiss or put a stop to something;

Example: 30 jobs were axed
Thesaurus: cut down, get rid of, remove, throw out, dismiss, discharge, discontinue, cut, cancel, terminate, withdraw.
1b. To reduce (costs, services, etc).
2. To chop with an axe.

Idiom: have an axe to grind

To have a personal, often selfish, reason for being involved in something.

Etymology: Anglo-Saxon æcs.