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Meaning in simple English, pronunciation and examples
Pronunciation: US /æks/
axe means: A tool with a heavy metal blade and a handle, used to cut wood or trees.
noun
A tool with a heavy metal blade and a handle, used to cut wood or trees.
- He cut the wood with an axe.
- She sharpened the axe before chopping logs.
- Keep your feet clear when you swing an axe.
The ending of someone’s job or the rejection of someone or something.
- Three workers got the axe.
- The manager gave him the axe yesterday.
- Her proposal received the axe at the meeting.
A large, sudden reduction in money, services, or activities.
- Local bus services face the axe.
- The spending axe fell on arts funding.
- Several railway routes came under the axe.
verb
To suddenly end something or reduce it greatly.
- They plan to axe the show.
- The council axed funding for the project.
- Will the company axe any more services?
To make someone leave their job, often suddenly.
- The company axed thirty workers.
- He was axed after the argument.
- They may axe more staff next month.
To cut wood or cut down a tree with a heavy bladed tool.
- They axed the dead tree.
- He axed the trunk into smaller pieces.
- We had to axe several trees beside the road.
Questions about axe
What does axe mean?
A tool with a heavy metal blade and a handle, used to cut wood or trees.
What is axe in other languages?
Türkçe: balta · Español: hacha · Français: hache · Deutsch: Axt · Italiano: ascia · 日本語: 斧
How do you pronounce axe?
It is pronounced /æks/.
How do you use axe in a sentence?
He cut the wood with an axe. She sharpened the axe before chopping logs.
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