Definitions for AXæks; ˈæk sɪz
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
axæks; ˈæk sɪz(n.)(pl.)ax•es
or axe
(n.)a tool with a blade on a handle or helve, used for hewing, cleaving, chopping, etc.
Category: Building Trades
Slang. a jazz instrument, esp. a guitar or saxophone.
Category: Music and Dance, Status (usage)
the ax, a sudden, peremptory dismissal, as from a job. a usu. summary removal or curtailment.
Category: Informal
(v.t.)to shape or trim with an ax.
to chop, split, or break open with an ax.
Category: Common Vocabulary
to dismiss, restrict, or remove, esp. brutally or summarily:
Congress axed the budget.
Category: Informal
Idioms for ax:
have an ax to grind,to have a particular personal or selfish motive.
Category: Idiom
Origin of ax:
bef. 1000; OE æx, æces; akin to OHG acc(h)us, a(c)kus, ON øx, ǫx, Go aquizi, L ascia (<*acsiā), Gk axinē
ax.
axiom.
Princeton's WordNet
ax, axe(verb)
an edge tool with a heavy bladed head mounted across a handle
axe, ax(verb)
chop or split with an ax
"axe wood"
ax, axe(verb)
terminate
"The NSF axed the research program and stopped funding it"
Kernerman English Learner's Dictionary
ax(noun)æks
a sharp tool for chopping wood
Webster Dictionary
Ax(noun)
alt. of Axe
Ax(u)
to ask; to inquire or inquire of
Translations for AX
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary
spindle(noun)
a thin pin on which something turns
I can't turn on the radio any more, because the spindle of the control knob has broken.
- spilAfrikaans

- مِغْزَلArabic

- вретеноBulgarian

- eixoPortuguese (BR)

- osaCzech

- die WelleGerman

- pindDanish

- άτρακτοςGreek

- huso, ejeSpanish

- võllEstonian

- دوك نخFarsi

- karaFinnish

- axeFrench

- יַדִיתHebrew

- धुरीHindi

- vreteno, osovinaCroatian

- orsóHungarian

- jarumIndonesian

- snúður, teinnIcelandic

- fuso, asseItalian

- 心棒Japanese

- 축Korean

- verpstė, ašisLithuanian

- vārpsta; assLatvian

- spindelMalay

- pinDutch

- spindel; teinNorwegian

- oś, sztyftPolish

- دوك نخPersian

- يو كوچني سنجاقPashto

- eixoPortuguese

- axRomanian

- ось; шпиндельRussian

- osSlovak

- osSlovenian

- osovinaSerbian

- spindel, axelSwedish

- แกนหมุนThai

- mil, dingilTurkish

- (心)軸Chinese (Trad.)

- веретено; шпиндельUkrainian

- چرخے کا تکلاUrdu

- trục quayVietnamese

- (心)轴Chinese (Simp.)

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