- an instrument with a bladed head on a handle or helve, used for hewing, cleaving, chopping, etc.
- any musical instrument.
- the ax, Informal.
- dismissal from employment: to get the ax.
- expulsion from school.
- rejection by a lover, friend, etc.: His girlfriend gave him the ax.
- any usually summary removal or curtailment.
- to shape or trim with an ax.
- to chop, split, destroy, break open, etc., with an ax: The firemen had to ax the door to reach the fire.
- to dismiss, restrict, or destroy brutally, as if with an ax: The main office axed those in the field who didn't meet their quota. Congress axed the budget.
- to have a personal or selfish motive: His interest may be sincere, but I suspect he has an ax to grind.
- variant of axi-, especially before a vowel.
- axiom.
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