hatchet, sharp tool used for chopping wood
split with an ax, chop using an ax; terminate
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Axe Definition from Arts & Humanities Dictionaries & Glossaries
Axe Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
Alt. of Axeman
(n.)
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.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter. AboutA 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.
axe
axe, a mattock with an ax end, used in shaping slates for roofs, and making holes in them for the nails...
see also slate
similar words(6)
give the axe
western axe
ice axe
double-bitted axe
lochaber axe
battle-axe
Meaning
Have an ulterior motive.
Origin
Benjamin Franklin wrote that a visitor asked him how his grindstone worked. Franklin sharpened the visitor's axe for him when demonstrating, which is apparently what was intended all along.
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Origin
Benjamin Franklin wrote that a visitor asked him how his grindstone worked. Franklin sharpened the visitor's axe for him when demonstrating, which is apparently what was intended all along.
1a) electric guitar; b) (jocular) acoustic guitar; c) (jazz) any instrument for playing jazz; 2) cut out; abolish (a project, etc.); 3) to reduce (expenditure, prices, etc.) sharply; 4) dismiss from a position; 5) the axe: a) dismissal from a job, position, etc.; the sack; b) sudden and definite halt brought to some project, venture, etc.
very quick
man who plays guitar
(offensive and crass) vagina
woman who plays guitar
(offensive and crass) vagina
rough unit of measurement: "about six axe-handles wide"
(derogatory) a domineering woman
be discharged, be dismissed from a job
extremely angry
wife or mother-in-law
1. dismissal from a job, position, etc.; sack; 2. sudden and definite halt brought to some project, venture, etc.
1. to ask
2. a guitar
2. a guitar
Noun
1. an edge tool with a heavy bladed head mounted across a handle
(synonym) ax
(hypernym) edge tool
(hyponym) broadax, broadaxe
(part-meronym) ax handle, axe handle
(derivation) ax
Verb
1. chop or split with an ax; "axe wood"
(synonym) ax
(hypernym) chop, hack
(derivation) ax
2. terminate; "The NSF axed the research program and stopped funding it"
(synonym) ax
(hypernym) end, terminate
Axe Definition from Business & Finance Dictionaries & Glossaries
ANIXTER INTL INC
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Holding company with subsidiaries which supply wiring systems, networking and internetworking products for voice, data and video networks and electrical power applications.
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Holding company with subsidiaries which supply wiring systems, networking and internetworking products for voice, data and video networks and electrical power applications.
Axe Definition from Government Dictionaries & Glossaries
Gulf War code name for an XVIII Airborne Corps phase line
Axe Definition from Social Science Dictionaries & Glossaries
Seeing an axe in a dream, foretells that what enjoyment you may have will depend on your struggles and energy. To see others using an axe, foretells, your friends will be energetic and lively, making existence a pleasure when near them.
For a young woman to see one, portends her lover will be worthy, but not possessed with much wealth. A broken or rusty axe, indicates illness and loss of money and property.
Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted, or "What's in a dream": a scientific and practical exposition; By Gustavus Hindman, 1910. For the open domain e-text see: Guttenberg ProjectFor a young woman to see one, portends her lover will be worthy, but not possessed with much wealth. A broken or rusty axe, indicates illness and loss of money and property.
Axe Definition from Computer & Internet Dictionaries & Glossaries
Paradigm C++ Integrated Debugger File
ChordMaster (Chord Chemistry and Sequencing program for guitarists)
Microsoft Autoroute Export File
ChordMaster (Chord Chemistry and Sequencing program for guitarists)
Microsoft Autoroute Export File
Axe Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
The axe, or ax, is an implement that has been used for millennia to shape, split and cut wood; to harvest timber; as a weapon; and as a ceremonial or heraldic symbol. The axe has many forms and specialized uses but generally consists of an axe head with a handle, or helve.
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An axe (or ax) is a tool with a metal blade, commonly used to split wood, also historically used as a weapon.
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Axé is a popular music genre originating in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil approximately in 1986, fusing different Afro-Caribbean genres, such as Marcha, Reggae, and Calypso. It also includes influences of Afro-Brazilian music such as Frevo, Forró and Carixada. The most important creator of this music style was Alfredo Moura, conducting Carlinhos Brown, Luiz Caldas, Sarajane and others. The word "axé" comes from a Yoruba religious greeting used in the Candomblé and Umbanda religions that means "soul", "light", "spirit" or "good vibration".
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Lisa, Lisa (released theatrically as California Axe Massacre, also known as Axe) is an American exploitation horror film, it was written and directed by Frederick R. Friedel and stars Leslie Lee as Lisa of the title.
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Axe Definition from Entertainment & Music Dictionaries & Glossaries
(v) Ask. "Gave her ten dollars, then she axed me for some more" -- Schoolly D. (P.S.K. (what does it mean?) [??]).
(v) Ask. "Gave her ten dollars, then she axed me for some more" -- Schoolly D. (P.S.K. (what does it mean?) [??]).
Yoruba word meaning "life force", used to describe the Bahian style of Brazilian pop music popular in that country.
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
Axe Definition from Religion & Spirituality Dictionaries & Glossaries
used in the Authorized Version of Deut. 19:5; 20:19; 1 Kings 6:7, as the translation of a Hebrew word which means "chopping." It was used for felling trees (Isa. 10:34) and hewing timber for building. It is the rendering of a different word in Judg. 9:48, 1 Sam. 13:20, 21, Ps. 74:5, which refers to its sharpness. In 2 Kings 6:5 it is the translation of a word used with reference to its being made of iron. In Isa. 44:12 the Revised Version renders by "axe" the Hebrew maatsad, which means a "hewing" instrument. In the Authorized Version it is rendered "tongs." It is also used in Jer. 10:3, and rendered "axe." The "battle-axe" (army of Medes and Persians) mentioned in Jer. 51:20 was probably, as noted in the margin of the Revised Version, a "maul" or heavy mace. In Ps. 74:6 the word so rendered means "feller." (See the figurative expression in Matt. 3:10; Luke 3:9.)
