axe

axe  (ks)

n. & v.

Variant of ax¹.

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axe or US ax

Noun

pl axes

1. a hand tool with one side of its head sharpened to a cutting edge, used for felling trees and splitting timber

2. an axe to grind a favourite topic one wishes to promote

3. Informal a severe cut in spending or in the number of staff employed

Verb

[axing, axed]

Informal to dismiss (employees), restrict (expenditure), or terminate (a project) [Old English æx]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	axe - an edge tool with a heavy bladed head mounted across a handle ax ax handle, axe handle - the handle of an ax ax head, axe head - the cutting head of an ax blade - the flat part of a tool or weapon that (usually) has a cutting edge broadax, broadaxe - a large ax with a broad cutting blade common ax, common axe, Dayton ax, Dayton axe - an ax with a long handle and a head that has one cutting edge and one blunt side double-bitted ax, double-bitted axe, Western ax, Western axe - an ax that has cutting edges on both sides of the head edge tool - any cutting tool with a sharp cutting edge (as a chisel or knife or plane or gouge) fireman's ax, fireman's axe - an ax that has a long handle and a head with one cutting edge and a point on the other side haft, helve - the handle of a weapon or tool hatchet - a small ax with a short handle used with one hand (usually to chop wood) ice ax, ice axe, piolet - an ax used by mountain climbers for cutting footholds in ice poleax, poleaxe - an ax used to slaughter cattle; has a hammer opposite the blade
Verb	1.	axe - chop or split with an ax; "axe wood" ax hack, chop - cut with a hacking tool
	2.	axe - terminate; "The NSF axed the research program and stopped funding it" ax terminate, end - bring to an end or halt; "She ended their friendship when she found out that he had once been convicted of a crime"; "The attack on Poland terminated the relatively peaceful period after WW I"

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axe

noun 1. hatchet, chopper, tomahawk, cleaver, adze

verb 2. (Informal) abandon, end, pull, eliminate, cancel, scrap, wind up, turn off (informal) relegate, cut back, terminate, dispense with, discontinue, pull the plug on

verb 3. (Informal) dismiss, fire (informal) sack (informal) remove, get rid of, discharge, throw out, oust, give (someone) their marching orders, give the boot to (slang) give the bullet to Brit. (slang) give the push to, kennet Austral. (slang) jeff Austral. (slang) an axe to grind pet subject, grievance, ulterior motive, private purpose, personal consideration, private ends >> the axe (Informal) the sack, (informal) dismissal, discharge, wind-up, the boot (slang) cancellation, cutback, termination, the chop (slang) the (old) heave-ho (informal) the order of the boot (slang)

Translations

axe, ax (US) [æks] n → hacha

vt [+ employee] → despedir [+ project etc]; cortar [+ jobs]; reducir;

to have an axe to grind (fig) → tener un interés creado or algún fin interesado

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axe (US), ax [æks] n → hache f

vt [+ employee] → renvoyer [+ project etc]; abandonner [+ jobs]; supprimer;

to have an axe to grind (fig) → prêcher pour son saint

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axe (US) ax [æks] n → Axt f, Beil nt

vt (employee) → entlassen;

(project, jobs etc) → streichen;

to have an axe to grind (fig) → ein persönliches Interesse haben

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axe (US), ax [æks] n → scure f

vt [+ project etc] → abolire [+ jobs]; sopprimere;

to have an axe to grind (fig) → fare i propri interessi or il proprio tornaconto