AXE
Dictionary entry overview: What does axe mean?
• AXE (noun)
The noun AXE has 1 sense:
1. an edge tool with a heavy bladed head mounted across a handle
Familiarity information: AXE used as a noun is very rare.
• AXE (verb)
The verb AXE has 2 senses:
1. chop or split with an ax
2. terminate
Familiarity information: AXE used as a verb is rare.
Dictionary entry details
• AXE (noun)
Meaning:
An edge tool with a heavy bladed head mounted across a handle
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
ax; axe
Hypernyms ("axe" is a kind of...):
edge tool (any cutting tool with a sharp cutting edge (as a chisel or knife or plane or gouge))
Meronyms (parts of "axe"):
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)
haft; helve (the handle of a weapon or tool)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "axe"):
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)
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)
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)
• AXE (verb)
Meaning:
Chop or split with an ax
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Synonyms:
ax; axe
Context example:
axe wood
Hypernyms (to "axe" is one way to...):
chop; hack (cut with a hacking tool)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Sentence example:
They axe the trees
Meaning:
Terminate
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
ax; axe
Context example:
The NSF axed the research program and stopped funding it
Hypernyms (to "axe" is one way to...):
end; terminate (bring to an end or halt)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
