axe

Meaning of axe

noun
  1. a tool used for chopping wood, typically of iron with a steel edge and wooden handle.
    I started swinging the axe at the lumps of driftwood
    an axe blade
  2. a musical instrument used in popular music or jazz, especially a guitar or (originally) a saxophone.
verb
  1. end, cancel, or dismiss suddenly and ruthlessly.
    the company is axing 125 jobs
    2,500 staff were axed as part of a rationalization programme
  2. cut or strike with an axe, especially violently or destructively.
    the mahogany panelling had been axed

Old English æx, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch aaks and German Axt .

Information about axe

Hyphenation of axe

axe

  • It consists of 1 syllables and 3 chars.
  • axe is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable

axe synonyms

Meaning ax:

ax

Meaning a small axe with a short handle for use in one hand:

hatchet

Meaning a tool with a heavy, broad blade, used by butchers for chopping meat:

cleaver

Meaning a tool similar to an axe, with an arched blade at right angles to the handle, used for cutting or shaping large pieces of wood:

adze

Meaning a light axe used as a tool or weapon by North American Indians:

tomahawk

Meaning a short axe with a large blade:

chopper

Meaning a large broad-bladed axe used in ancient warfare:

battleaxe

Meaning another term for battleaxe (sense 1):

poleaxe

Meaning decide or announce that (a planned event) will not take place:

cancel

Meaning remove or take away (something) from a particular place or position:

withdraw

Meaning let or make (something) fall vertically:

drop

Meaning give up completely (a practice or a course of action):

abandon

Meaning come or bring to a final point; finish:

end

Meaning bring to an end:

terminate

Meaning stop making (a particular product):

discontinue

Meaning abolish or cancel (a plan, policy, or law):

scrap

Meaning reduce the size, amount, or quantity of:

cut

Meaning discard or abandon unceremoniously:

junk

Meaning get rid of or give up:

ditch

Meaning deposit or dispose of (rubbish, waste, or unwanted material), typically in a careless or hurried way:

dump

Meaning order or allow to leave; send away:

dismiss

Meaning dismiss from the armed forces or police:

discharge

Meaning dismiss from employment:

sack

Meaning dismiss (an employee) from a job:

fire

Translation of axe

Words that rhyme with axe

Axe, Badaxe, badaxe, broadaxe, battleaxe, poleaxe, equiaxe, breakaxe, pickaxe, curtalaxe, Saxe, saxe, scramasaxe, meataxe, curtaxe

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