axæks; ˈæk sɪz(n.)(pl.)ax•es

or axe

1. (n.)a tool with a blade on a handle or helve, used for hewing, cleaving, chopping, etc.

   Category: Building Trades

2. Slang. a jazz instrument, esp. a guitar or saxophone.

   Category: Music and Dance, Status (usage)

3. the ax, a sudden, peremptory dismissal, as from a job. a usu. summary removal or curtailment.

   Category: Informal

4. (v.t.)to shape or trim with an ax.

5. to chop, split, or break open with an ax.

   Category: Common Vocabulary

6. to dismiss, restrict, or remove, esp. brutally or summarily:

   Congress axed the budget.

   Category: Informal

Idioms for ax:

1. 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.

1. axiom.