hatchet, sharp tool used for chopping wood
cut; fire, dismiss from a job; (West India) ask
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Ax Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
(v. t. & i.)
To ask; to inquire or inquire of.
To ask; to inquire or inquire of.
(n.)
Alt. of Axe
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter. AboutAlt. of Axe
ax
\ax\ (&?;), v. t. & i. [oe. axien and asken. see ask.] to ask; to inquire or inquire of.
note: this word is from saxon, and is as old as the english language. formerly it was in good use, but now is regarded as a vulgarism. it is still dialectic in england, and is sometimes heard among the uneducated in the united states. "and pilate axide him, art thou king of jewis?" "or if he axea fish." 'bdthe king axed after your grace's welfare." --pegge.
ax
\ax\, axe \axe\, ] (&?;), n. [oe. ax, axe, as. eax, ?x, acas; akin to d. akse, os. accus, ohg. acchus, g. axt, icel. ?x, ?xi, sw. yxe, dan. ?kse, goth. aqizi, gr. &?;, l. ascia; not akin to e. acute.] a tool or instrument of steel, or of iron with a steel edge or blade, for felling trees, chopping and splitting wood, hewing timber, etc. it is wielded by a wooden helve or handle, so fixed in a socket or eye as to be in the same plane with the blade. the broadax, or carpenter's ax, is an ax for hewing timber, made heavier than the chopping ax, and with a broader and thinner blade and a shorter handle.
note: the ancient battle-ax had sometimes a double edge.
note: the word is used adjectively or in combination; as, axhead or ax head; ax helve; ax handle; ax shaft; ax-shaped; axlike.
note: this word was originally spelt with e, axe; and so also was nearly every corresponding word of one syllable: as, flaxe, taxe, waxe, sixe, mixe, pixe, oxe, fluxe, etc. this superfluous e is not dropped; so that, in more than a hundred words ending in x, no one thinks of retaining the e except in axe. analogy requires its exclusion here.
note: "the spelling ax is better on every ground, of etymology, phonology, and analogy, than axe, which has of late become prevalent." (murray).
similar words(11)
curtal ax
jedding ax
battle-ax
grub ax
curtle ax
side ax
lochaber ax
double-bitted ax
ice ax
chip ax
western ax
Noun
1. an edge tool with a heavy bladed head mounted across a handle
(synonym) axe
(hypernym) edge tool
(hyponym) broadax, broadaxe
(part-meronym) ax handle, axe handle
(derivation) axe
Verb
1. chop or split with an ax; "axe wood"
(synonym) axe
(hypernym) chop, hack
(derivation) axe
2. terminate; "The NSF axed the research program and stopped funding it"
(synonym) axe
(hypernym) end, terminate
Ax Definition from Business & Finance Dictionaries & Glossaries
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Ax Definition from Computer & Internet Dictionaries & Glossaries
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MPEG-4 DVD Filter (multimedia codec)
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Ax Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
AX (or similar) may refer to:
- Axe (or ax), a tool or weapon
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.ax is the Internet country code top-level domain (ccTLD) of the Åland Islands, introduced in 2006. Previously, most Åland websites were under the .aland.fi subdomain.
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Ax Definition from Entertainment & Music Dictionaries & Glossaries
la'ash
n. 'obmaQ - simple axe
n. DeS - shaft of ax
n. 'alngegh - axe with spike on end
n. 'aqleH - half axe / half betleH
n. ghIt - axe blade, open flat hand
n. jey'naS - double headed axe
n. DeS - shaft of ax
n. 'alngegh - axe with spike on end
n. 'aqleH - half axe / half betleH
n. ghIt - axe blade, open flat hand
n. jey'naS - double headed axe
