Ax

Word AX
Character 2
Hyphenation ax
Pronunciations /æks/

Definitions and meanings of "Ax"

What do we mean by ax?

A tool with a bladed, usually heavy head mounted crosswise on a handle, used for felling trees or chopping wood. noun

Any of various bladed, handheld implements used as a cutting tool or weapon. noun

A sudden termination of employment. noun

A musical instrument, especially a guitar. noun

To chop or fell with or as if with an ax. transitive verb

To remove ruthlessly or suddenly. transitive verb

(ax to grind) A selfish or ulterior aim. idiom

To shape or trim with an ax.

An instrument used for hewing timber and chopping wood, and also as a weapon of offense. noun

Obsolete or dialectal forms of ask.

An axle; an axis. noun

To ask; to inquire or inquire of. verb

A tool or instrument of steel, or of iron with a steel edge or blade, for felling trees, chopping and splitting wood, hewing timber, etc. It is wielded by a wooden helve or handle, so fixed in a socket or eye as to be in the same plane with the blade. The broadax, or carpenter's ax, is an ax for hewing timber, made heavier than the chopping ax, and with a broader and thinner blade and a shorter handle. noun

Alternative spelling of axe. noun

Alternative spelling of axe. verb

Alternative form of ask. verb

Terminate verb

Chop or split with an ax verb

An edge tool with a heavy bladed head mounted across a handle 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.

A dismissal or rejection.

A gigging musician's particular instrument, especially a guitar in rock music or a saxophone in jazz.

A position, interest, or reason in buying and selling stock, often with ulterior motives.

Synonyms and Antonyms for Ax

The word "ax" in example sentences

And make no mistake, the ax is being sharpened even as I write this, and the Republican majority in the new House will be looking for chances to swing it. ❋ Preeti Vissa (2010)

Not saying misery loves company, but the ax is falling rather indiscriminately this year. ❋ Roger Sutton (2009)

I like most of the Gerber products i've used, for the money. this ax is no different. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The moment I get up, grab the fire ax from the wall and begin hacking away, then I've killed someone. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Grace said ... you need a freakin 'ax for that sucker! meanwhile, you said the magic word -- chipotle. i love it. ❋ Laura (2008)

And that ax is what the guards and the Germans feared. ❋ Unknown (1944)

The chef who got the ax was the one who hadn't a clue what to do with the grasshoppers. ❋ Molly Daniels (2009)

All the weight of arm and shoulder was behind the throw, and the ax was a streak of silver in the dim moon. ❋ Howard, Robert E. (1989)

The monumental New English Dictionary upon which the Concise Oxford is chiefly based shows many silent concessions, and quite as many open yieldings—for example, in the case of ax, which is admitted to be “better than axe on every ground. ❋ Henry Louis (1921)

"Wall, then, see thet it hain't shooken up too much er gittin 'mashed under the ax," were the parting words from Sary, as she shifted the short ax, which is an important item in every outfit. ❋ Lillian Elizabeth Roy (1900)

The rifle and the ax are the symbols of the backwoods pioneer. ❋ Frederick Jackson Turner (1896)

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