axing

1. To request (information, or an answer to a question).

   I asked her age.

2. To put forward (a question) to be answered.

   to ask a question

3. To interrogate or enquire of (a person).

   I'm going to ask this lady for directions.

4. To request or petition; usually with for.

   to ask for a second helping at dinner

5. To request permission to do something.

   Did you ask to use the car?

6. To require, demand, claim, or expect, whether by way of remuneration or return, or as a matter of necessity.

   What price are you asking for the house?

7. To invite.

   Don't ask them to the wedding.

8. To publish in church for marriage; said of both the banns and the persons.
9. To take (a person's situation) as an example.

1. To fell or chop with an axe.
2. To lay off, terminate or drastically reduce, especially in a rough or ruthless manner; to cancel.

   He got axed in the last round of firings.

verb

To furnish with an axle.

noun

An assault carried out with an axe.