Simple Definition of ax
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: a tool that has a heavy metal blade and a long handle and that is used for chopping wood
Full Definition of ax
1 : 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
2 : a hammer with a sharp edge for dressing or spalling stone
3 : abrupt removal (as from employment or from a budget) —sometimes used in the phrase get the ax
4 : a musical instrument (as a guitar or a saxophone)
ax to grind
: an ulterior often selfish underlying purpose <claims that he has no ax to grind in criticizing the proposed law>
Examples of ax in a sentence
<the company was hemorrhaging money, so 700 employees would soon be given the ax>
Variants of ax
axe
Origin and Etymology of ax
Middle English, from Old English æcs; akin to Old High German ackus ax, Latin ascia, Greek axinē
First Known Use: before 12th century
ax
Simple Definition of ax
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: to cut or remove (something)
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: to fire (someone)
Full Definition of ax
axed
axing
transitive verb
1 a : to shape, dress, or trim with an ax b : to chop, split, or sever with an ax
2 : to remove abruptly (as from employment or from a budget)
Examples of ax in a sentence
The boss told him that he had been axed.
<the boss will ax anyone who leaks company secrets>
1677
First Known Use of ax
1677
Variants of ax
axe
ax
Definition of ax
1 axiom
2 axis
Other Logic Terms
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playDefinition of Ax
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: a tool that has a heavy head with a sharp edge fixed to a handle and is used for chopping and splitting wood
Variants of ax
axe
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Medical Definition of ax
axis
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