Axe

Definitions

1. 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.
2. The axle of a wheel.
   archaic
3. A river in Dorset, Somerset, and east Devon, England, which flows into Lyme Bay at Seaton.
4. An ancient weapon consisting of a head that has one or two blades and a long handle.
5. A river in Somerset, England, which flows into the Bristol Channel at Weston-super-Mare.
6. A dismissal or rejection.
   informal
7. A drastic reduction or cutback.
   figuratively
8. A gigging musician's particular instrument, especially a guitar in rock music or a saxophone in jazz.
   slang
9. A position, interest, or reason in buying and selling stock, often with ulterior motives.

Equivalents

81 more languages

Afrikaansbyl

العربيةالفأسفأس

Azərbaycan dilibaltabaltalamaq

Беларускаяадмовасякератапор

Българскибрадвасекиратопор

བོད་སྐད།སྟ་རེ

Bosanskibaltakapaksekirasjekirasjekirčetinasjekiretinaškurijatoporбалтабрадваотказсекирасјекиратопоршкурија+ 12 more

Catalàatxadestral

Češtinaosekávatotesávatporazitsekera+ 1 more

Cymraegbwyell

Danskøkse

Ελληνικάκόβωπελέκιπέλεκυςπελεκώπερικόπτωτσεκούριτσεκουρώνω+ 4 more

Esperantohakilo

Eestikirvesraiuma

Euskaraaizkora

فارسیتبر

Suomikenkääkirvesmyynti-intressiostointressipotkutrukkasettappara+ 4 more

Gaeilgetua

Gàidhliglàmhadhlàmhagtuagh

Galegobrosamachadamachadosegur+ 1 more

Hausagatari

עבריתגרזן

हिन्दीकुड़ालीकुल्हाड़ाकुल्हाड़ीपरसा+ 1 more

Hrvatskibaltakapaksekirasjekirasjekirčetinasjekiretinaškurijatoporбалтабрадваотказсекирасјекиратопоршкурија+ 12 more

Magyarbaltacsatabárdfejszeszekerce+ 1 more

Հայերենկացին

Bahasa Indonesiakapak

Íslenskaexiöxi

Italianoaccettaasciamannaiascartoscuretaglio+ 3 more

日本語アックス劉打ち切る斧+ 1 more

ქართულინაჯახიცული

Қазақ тілібалта

ភាសាខ្មែរពូថៅ

ಕನ್ನಡಕುಠಾರ

한국어도끼

Kurdîaxlate

Кыргызчабалта

Latinaasciabartahappiasecuris+ 1 more

Lingálaepondosoka

ລາວຂວານ

Lietuviųkirvis

Latviešucirstcirvis

Te Reo Māoritoki

Македонскисекира

മലയാളംകോടാലിമഴു

Монголбалтсүхсүхдэх

मराठीकुऱ्हाड

Bahasa Melayukapak

Maltimannara

မြန်မာပုဆိန်

Nederlandsbijlhakbijlstrijdbijl

Polskiokszarąbanicasiekieratopórwiosło+ 2 more

Portuguêsaxéaxemachado

Românăsecuretopor

Русскийколунотказпорубитьрубитьсекиратопор+ 3 more

Ikinyarwandaintorezo

සිංහලපොරව

Slovenčinasekera

Slovenščinasekira

Shqiplatësëpatëthadër

Српскиbaltakapaksekirasjekirasjekirčetinasjekiretinaškurijatoporбалтабрадваотказсекирасјекиратопоршкурија+ 12 more

Sesothoselepe

Svenskafallahuggastridsyxayxa+ 1 more

Kiswahilishoka

தமிழ்கோடரி

తెలుగుగొడ్డలి

Тоҷикӣтабар

ไทยขวาน

ትግርኛፋስ

Türkmençepalta

Tagalogpalakol

Setswanaselepe

Türkçebaltabaltalamak

ئۇيغۇرچەپالتا

Українськавідмо́васокиратопір

O'zbekchabolta

Tiếng Việtriu

isiXhosaizembe

中文футу斧斧子斧頭 /斧头+ 1 more

繁體中文斧斧子

isiZuluimbazo

Examples

“His girlfriend/boss/schoolmaster gave him the axe.”

“the Beeching Axe”

“The tractor plant⟳ is slated for the axe.”

“I had a job in the great North Woods Workin' as a cook⟳ for a spell⟳ But I never did like⟳ it all that much And one day the axe just fell”

“But P'u-yi was nothing if not soft when it came to family, and he arranged for the young man to live⟳ with his uncle Beitzu P'u-hsiu in P'u-yi's old house in T'ien-ching. So Yü-t'ai was well clear of Ch'ang-ch'un when the axe fell in 1945.”

“Back in 1963, how could Beeching advocate closure of the electrified Liverpool-Southport commuter route, just because its books didn't balance? The busy North London line between Richmond and Broad Street was also for the axe, as was Leeds to Bradford and Ilkley.”

“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.”

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