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axe meaning: 1. a tool that has a heavy iron or steel blade at the end of a long wooden handle, used for cutting…. koya79/iStock / Getty Images Plus/GettyImages …

Informal. ing.

to shape or trim with an ax.

Informal A sudden termination of …

2. es (ăk′sĭz) 1. 1. A tool with a bladed, usually heavy head mounted crosswise on a handle, used for felling trees or chopping wood. to chop, split, destroy, break open, etc., with an ax: The firemen had to ax the door to reach the fire.

‘an axe blade’. More example sentences. 2.

Any of various bladed, handheld implements used as a cutting tool or weapon. Definition of axes.

dismissal, esp from employment ; the sack (esp in the phrase get the axe) noun.
plural of ax entry 1 , axis.

I think the boss has a bit of an axe to grind with you over the way the account was handled.

a tool that has a heavy iron or steel blade at the end of a long wooden handle, used for cutting wood: Julian used an axe to chop down the old apple tree. ‘John enjoyed the outdoors, gardening, feeding wild turkeys, his dog, sawing … an axe to grind. to dismiss, restrict, or destroy …

‘I started swinging the axe at the lumps of driftwood’.

present tense third-person singular of ax entry 2. 1 A tool used for chopping wood, typically of iron with a steel edge and wooden handle. 3. A complaint or dispute that one feels compelled to discuss.