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Definition of Ax
1. Noun. An edge tool with a heavy bladed head mounted across a handle.
Terms within: Ax Handle, Axe Handle, Ax Head, Axe Head, Blade, Haft, Helve
Specialized synonyms: Broadax, Broadaxe, Common Ax, Common Axe, Dayton Ax, Dayton Axe, Double-bitted Ax, Double-bitted Axe, Western Ax, Western Axe, Fireman's Ax, Fireman's Axe, Hatchet, Ice Ax, Ice Axe, Piolet, Poleax, Poleaxe
Generic synonyms: Edge Tool
Derivative terms: Axe
2. Verb. Chop or split with an ax. "They ax the trees"; "Axe wood"
3. Verb. Terminate. "The NSF axed the research program and stopped funding it"
Definition of Ax
1. n. A tool or instrument of steel, or of iron with a steel edge or blade, for felling trees, chopping and splitting wood, hewing timber, etc. It is wielded by a wooden helve or handle, so fixed in a socket or eye as to be in the same plane with the blade. The broadax, or carpenter's ax, is an ax for hewing timber, made heavier than the chopping ax, and with a broader and thinner blade and a shorter handle.
2. v. t. & i. To ask; to inquire or inquire of.
Definition of Ax
1. Noun. (alternative spelling of axe#Etymology 1 axe) ¹
2. Verb. (alternative spelling of axe#Etymology 1 axe) ¹
3. Verb. (context: now dialectal or nonstandard) (alternative form of ask) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Ax
1. to work on with an ax (a type of cutting tool) [v -ED, -ING, -ES]
Medical Definition of Ax
1. To ask; to inquire or inquire of. This word is from Saxon, and is as old as the English language. Formerly it was in good use, but now is regarded as a vulgarism. It is still dialectic in England, and is sometimes heard among the uneducated in the United States. "And Pilate axide him, Art thou king of Jewis?" "Or if he axea fish." 'bdThe king axed after your Grace's welfare." Origin: OE. Axien and asken. See Ask. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
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