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axe  (ks)

n. & v.

Variant of ax¹.

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axe US, ax [æks]

n pl axes

1. (Engineering / Tools) a hand tool with one side of its head forged and sharpened to a cutting edge, used for felling trees, splitting timber, etc. See also hatchet

an axe to grind

a.  an ulterior motive

b.  a grievance

c.  a pet subject

the axe Informal

a.  (Business / Commerce) (Business / Industrial Relations & HR Terms) dismissal, esp from employment; the sack (esp in the phrase get the axe)

b.  (Business / Industrial Relations & HR Terms) Brit severe cutting down of expenditure, esp the removal of unprofitable sections of a public service

4. (Music / Instruments) US slang any musical instrument, esp a guitar or horn

vb (tr)

1. to chop or trim with an axe

2. Informal to dismiss (employees), restrict (expenditure or services), or terminate (a project)

[Old English æx; related to Old Frisian axa, Old High German acchus, Old Norse öx, Latin ascia, Greek axinē]

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

hatchet, chopper, tomahawk, cleaver, adze She took an axe and wrecked the car.

verb

1. (Informal) abandon, end, pull, eliminate, cancel, scrap, wind up, turn off (informal), relegate, cut back, terminate, dispense with, discontinue, pull the plug on Community projects are being axed by the government.

2. (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, give someone his or her P45 (informal) She was axed by the Edinburgh club in October after her comments about a referee.

an axe to grind pet subject, grievance, ulterior motive, private purpose, personal consideration, private ends I've got no axe to grind with him.

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) one of the four doctors facing the axe

Translations

axe ax (US) [æks]

A. N (= tool) → hacha f
when the axe fell → cuando se descargó el golpe
to have an axe to grind → tener un interés creado
I have no axe to grind → no tengo ningún interés personal
to get or be given the axe [employee] → ser despedido; [project] → ser cancelado

B. VT [+ budget] → recortar; [+ project, service] → cancelar; [+ jobs] → reducir; [+ staff] → despedir

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axe [ˈæks] (British) ax (US)

n → hache f
to have an axe to grind (fig) → agir par intérêt, prêcher pour son saint

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

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axe, (US) ax

n → Axt f, → Beil nt; (fig) → (radikale) Kürzung; to wield the axe on something (fig) → etw radikal kürzen; to get or be given the axe (employee) → abgesägt werden; (project) → eingestellt werden; the axe has fallen on the project → das Projekt ist dem Rotstift zum Opfer gefallen; to have an/no axe to grind (fig) → ein/kein persönliches Interesse haben; axe murderer → Axtmörder(in) m(f)

vt plans, projects, jobs → streichen; person → entlassen

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axe ax (Am) [æks]

1. n → ascia, scure f
to have an axe to grind (fig) → fare i propri interessi or il proprio tornaconto

2. vt (fig) (expenditure) → ridurre drasticamente; (person) → liquidare (per ragioni economiche); (project) → annullare; (jobs) → sopprimere

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axe ax (Am) [æks]

1. n → ascia, scure f
to have an axe to grind (fig) → fare i propri interessi or il proprio tornaconto

2. vt (fig) (expenditure) → ridurre drasticamente; (person) → liquidare (per ragioni economiche); (project) → annullare; (jobs) → sopprimere

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axe

n axe [ӕks]

a tool with a (long) handle and a metal blade for cutting down trees and cutting wood etc into pieces. byl فَأس брадва sekyra økse die Axt τσεκούρι hacha kirves تبر kirves hache גַרזֵן कुल्हाड़ी sjekira fejsze kapak öxi ascia 斧 도끼 kirvis cirvis kapak bijl øks siekiera machado topor топор sekera sekira sekira yxa ขวาน balta 斧 сокира کلہاڑا cái rìu 斧

v

1 to get rid of; to dismiss They've axed 50% of their staff. ontslaan يَتَخَلَّص مِن съкращавам propustit skære ned på rücksichtslos kürzen κάνω περικοπές προσωπικού, αποπέμπω despedir, poner de patitas en la calle, echar (töölt) lahti laskma, vallandama اخراج کردن leikata mettre à pied לְפַטֵר काटना otpustiti elbocsát memecat segja upp ridurre 解雇する 해고하다 sumažinti, atleisti samazināt; atlaist buang afschaffen, ontslaan si opp, gi sparken zwolniać despedir a da afară увольнять prepustiť odpustiti otpustiti sparka, avskeda กำจัด; ปลดจากตำแหน่ง atmak, kovmak 裁減；遣散 скорочувати چھٹکارا پانا sa thải 解雇；削减

2 to reduce (costs, services etc) Government spending in education has been axed. verminder يُخَفِّض النَّفَقات намалявам omezit, redukovat skære ned rücksichtslos kürzen κάνω περικοπή δαπανών recortar, reducir kärpima کاهش دادن vähentää sabrer (dans) לְקַצֵץ कम करना smanjiti leszállít (költségeket, stb.) mengurangi skera niður ridurre 削減する 삭감하다 apkarpyti, sumažinti samazināt; apcirpt dikurangkan verminderen skjære ned på obciąć reduzir a re­duce сокращать obmedziť zmanjšati smanjiti göra stora nedskärningar ลด (ค่าใช้จ่าย) kısıntı yapmak, kısmak 減少 зменшувати, урізувати گھٹانا ، کم کرنا giảm bớt 减少

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axe → بَلْطَة sekyra økse Beil τσεκούρι hacha kirves hache sjekira ascia 斧 도끼 bijl øks siekiera machado топор yxa ขวาน balta cái rìu 斧子