axe

About 3.30 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. symbol ISO 639-3 language code for Ayerrerenge.
2. noun A tool for felling trees or chopping wood etc. consisting of a heavy head flattened to a blade on one side, and a handle attached to it.
3. noun An ancient weapon consisting of a head that has one or two blades and a long handle.
4. noun A dismissal or rejection.

   His girlfriend/boss/schoolmaster gave him the axe.

5. noun A drastic reduction or cutback.

   the Beeching Axe

6. noun A gigging musician's particular instrument, especially a guitar in rock music or a saxophone in jazz.
7. noun A position, interest, or reason in buying and selling stock, often with ulterior motives.

   A financial dealer has an axe in a stock that his buyers don't know about, giving him an advantage in making the most profit.

8. verb To fell or chop with an axe.

Similar words

ax hatchet machete chopper blade hewer helve wedge axle cleaver

Often followed by

and to in of or was is with from

Word family

ax axed axes axing gave her the ax gave her the axe gave him the ax gave him the axe gave it the ax gave it the axe