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"Ax" Definition

noun

A tool with a bladed, usually heavy head mounted crosswise on a handle, used for felling trees or chopping wood.
Any of various bladed, hand-held implements used as a cutting tool or weapon.
Informal A sudden termination of employment: My colleague got the ax yesterday.
Slang A musical instrument, especially a guitar.
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.

idiom

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

verb-transitive

Informal To remove ruthlessly or suddenly: a social program that was axed to effectuate budget cuts.
To chop or fell with or as if with an ax: axed down the saplings; axed out a foothold in the ice.

verb

Nonstandard Variant of ask.
To shape, dress, or trim with an ax.
To chop, split, or sever with an ax.
To remove abruptly (as from employment or from a budget).

abbreviation

Axiom.
Axis.
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