axe

/æks/noun, verb1 syllable

Axe means: an edge tool with a heavy bladed head mounted across a handle.

Synonyms for axe10

noun, as in an edge tool with a heavy bladed head mounted across a handle

verb, as in chop or split with an ax

verb, as in terminate

also used for axe

downsize, fire, lay off, can, decruit, dehire, discard, remove, discharge

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What does axe mean?3

noun

1

an edge tool with a heavy bladed head mounted across a handle

verb

1

chop or split with an ax“ax wood”

2

terminate“they will ax the research program”

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What rhymes with axe?25

one syllable

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two syllables

Show 40 near rhymes

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Axe in a sentence

For a rough branch, a keen axe is needed.Objectivesea
It's a sharp axe, but the branch is not yielding.AlanF_US
The handle is from you, says the axe to the tree.Alizen
Fyodor accidentally smashed the axe on his ankle.Amastan
The axe does not go to a humble neck.negativeclock
Many revolutionaries have been beheaded by the axe of a guillotine.kremel
Ziri was armed with nothing but a flashlight and a small axe.Amastan
Ziri heard the sound of an axe hitting a tree.Amastan

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Forms of axe

as a noun

plural: axes

as a verb

past tense: axed
present participle: axing
third-person singular: axes
past participle: axed