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axe

1 of 2

noun

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variants or ax
plural axes
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 (see dress entry 1 sense 6e) or spalling stone
3
informal
a
: removal from office or release from employment : dismissal
—usually used with the
Employees with poor evaluations got the axe.Trump quickly gave him the ax [=fired him] for his incompetence. Laura Petrecca
b
: abrupt elimination or severe reduction of something
Unlimited expense accounts, signing bonuses, and office plants—all are getting the ax [=being cut or eliminated] thanks to corporate cost-cutting measures. Amanda Hinnant
No party was brave enough to offend its supporters by taking an axe to [=severely reducing] expenditure. The Economist
4
slang : any of several musical instruments (such as a guitar or a saxophone)

axe

2 of 2

verb

variants or ax
axed; axing; axes

transitive verb

1
a
: to shape, dress (see dress entry 1 sense 6e), or trim with an axe
axe stone
b
: to chop, split, or sever with an axe
axe branches from a tree
2
informal : to remove abruptly (as from employment or from a budget)
The TV program was axed from the new schedule.
Phrases
axe to grind
: an ulterior often selfish underlying purpose
claims that he has no axe to grind in criticizing the proposed law

Synonyms

Noun

Verb

Example Sentences

Noun the company was hemorrhaging money, so 700 employees would soon be given the ax Verb The boss told him that he had been axed. the boss will ax anyone who leaks company secrets
Recent Examples on the Web
Noun
The owner chased after it with the ax and started hacking the snake into pieces. Robyn A. Friedman, WSJ, 7 Sep. 2022 Her hands were chopped off with a machete, her head was struck with an ax, and her body was dumped along W.W. White Road near Higdon Road. Elizabeth Zavala, San Antonio Express-News, 12 Aug. 2022 And that's going to be straight up through the roof with an ax. Angela Fritz, CNN, 29 July 2022 But by the 1940s, any tree in an expanding Washington was threatened with the ax. John Kelly, Washington Post, 9 July 2022 That raised hopes among some that the court might be ready to wield an ax to capital punishment in California, a state that has produced the nation’s largest death row but hardly any executions. Los Angeles Times, 3 June 2021 When coach Justin Fuente found the ax in Blacksburg, Va., player defections followed. Bryce Millercolumnist, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Aug. 2022 The acoustic ax in question was given to a young Riley B. King by his mother’s first cousin in 1931. Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 25 Aug. 2022 Many of the titles getting the ax come from HBO Max’s kids and family department — as do many of the layoffs occuring at WBD. Selome Hailu, Variety, 22 Aug. 2022
Verb
The European Union wants ax its dependence on Russian oil and gas by two-thirds this year and completely over five years through alternative sources, wind and solar, and conservation. Derek Gatopoulos, ajc, 29 Apr. 2022 Sources tell The Hollywood Reporter that the decision to ax the comedy was made months ago after the now fourth season and ultimate series finale aired back in December. Lesley Goldberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 Apr. 2022 Irwin didn’t ax all of Patrick Henry’s advanced courses. Kristen Taketa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Apr. 2022 Her father also worked as a blacksmith and made baskets and ax handles. Washington Post, 3 Mar. 2022 Noting Germany's decision last month to freeze the certification of the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline, Novak said Russia could ax the existing Nord Stream 1 pipeline – considered one of Europe's main sources of natural gas. Celina Tebor, USA TODAY, 8 Mar. 2022 The cancellations come after a week of travel chaos over the holidays that saw airlines ax thousands of flights, with some blaming the spread of omicron among crew and other staff. NBC News, 29 Dec. 2021 SkyWest, a major partner for United, Delta, American and Alaska, has had among the heaviest flight cancellations in the past couple of weeks as airlines tend to ax those regional flights first. Dawn Gilbertson, USA TODAY, 7 Jan. 2022 The Mayo Clinic has faced some backlash over its policy, with 38 lawmakers signing a letter to the hospital last month asking it to ax the rule. NBC News, 5 Jan. 2022 See More

Word History

Etymology

Noun and Verb

Middle English, from Old English æcs; akin to Old High German ackus ax, Latin ascia, Greek axinē

First Known Use

Noun

before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Verb

circa 1674, in the meaning defined at sense 1a

Time Traveler
The first known use of axe was before the 12th century

Phrases Containing axe

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