Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
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ax . - noun ax.
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ax . - noun An English name of a native species of Lobelia, L. urens.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
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ax ,axman .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb Alternative form of
ask . - noun archaic The
axle of awheel . - verb To furnish with an
axle . - noun A
tool forfelling trees orchopping wood etc. consisting of a heavyhead flattened to ablade on one side, and ahandle attached to it. - noun An
ancient weapon consisting of ahead that has one or twoblades and a longhandle . - noun informal A dismissal or rejection.
- noun slang, music A
gigging musician's particular instrument, especially aguitar inrock music or asaxophone in jazz. - verb transitive To
fell orchop with an axe. - verb transitive To
terminate orreduce tremendously in arough orruthless manner. - verb transitive To
lay off : toterminate a person's employment
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb chop or split with an ax
- verb terminate
- noun an edge tool with a heavy bladed head mounted across a handle
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Examples
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IV. v.218 (300,8) And where the offence is, let the great axe fall] [W: tax] _Fall_ corresponds better to _axe_.
Notes to Shakespeare, Volume III: The Tragedies Samuel Johnson 1746
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Who can say where the axe is going to fall, or which Republican challengers are going to bring their A game? scythia says:
Matthew Yglesias » Abramowitz: House Dems Doomed Even If Political Climate Changes 2010
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And now also the axe is laid unto the root of the trees: therefore every tree which bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire.
EXTRALIFE – By Scott Johnson - Another AppSlappy is up! 2009
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“I took out the ice axe from the raincoat, gripped it in my hand and, with my eyes closed, dealt him a terrible blow on the head.”
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The axe is heavy and sharp, and I want no mistakes.
Lost Face 2010
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"Now we shall have dogs, and in plenty," he remarked grimly, slipping an axe from the sled lashings.
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I believe that one of his most famous paintings - the rider on the hill with the curved axe, is meant to depict Kane or was inspired by Kane.
R.I.P. Frank Frazetta grrm 2010
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“Bread that must be sliced with an axe is bread that is too nourishing” - Fran Lebowitz
Archive 2009-07-01 Sarah 2009
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Savo, a point in favour of an axe is that most training concentrates on knife defence (for close quarter work) thus an axe allows you surprise.
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“Bread that must be sliced with an axe is bread that is too nourishing” - Fran Lebowitz
"Bread That is too Nourishing” Sarah 2009
bilby commented on the word axe
On the internet one may find an axe in the head.
December 19, 2007
michaelchang commented on the word axe
why don't you use that sentence in the haiku list bilby - it's 5 syllables? and such lovely ones to.
December 19, 2007
reesetee commented on the word axe
Now that's useful stuff, bilby. ;-)
December 19, 2007
whichbe commented on the word axe
Some people do these to questions.
October 10, 2008
ruzuzu commented on the word axe
"See ax, axman."
--GNU Webster's 1913
April 15, 2011
bilby commented on the word axe
Much classier than ax.
Especially if you have to give someone the ___
October 8, 2020