axe

Etymology 1
From, , , from , from , from , probably from a , from. Compare 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, and also 🇨🇬.

Noun

 * 1) A tool for felling trees or chopping wood etc. consisting of a heavy  head flattened to a blade on one side, and a  handle attached to it.
 * 2) An ancient weapon consisting of a  head that has one or two blades and a long handle.
 * 3)  A dismissal or rejection.
 * 4)  A drastic reduction or cutback.
 * 5)  A gigging musician's particular instrument, especially a guitar in rock music or a saxophone in jazz.
 * 6)  A position, interest, or reason in buying and selling stock, often with ulterior motives.
 * 1)  A gigging musician's particular instrument, especially a guitar in rock music or a saxophone in jazz.
 * 2)  A position, interest, or reason in buying and selling stock, often with ulterior motives.
 * 1)  A gigging musician's particular instrument, especially a guitar in rock music or a saxophone in jazz.
 * 2)  A position, interest, or reason in buying and selling stock, often with ulterior motives.
 * 1)  A gigging musician's particular instrument, especially a guitar in rock music or a saxophone in jazz.
 * 2)  A position, interest, or reason in buying and selling stock, often with ulterior motives.

Usage notes

 * In the United States, some spell the weapon axe and the tool ax to distinguish them, though most people use the same spelling for both senses.

Translations

 * Cherokee:
 * Interlingua:
 * Malayalam:
 * Maori:
 * Romanian: ,
 * Tupinambá:
 * Turkish:

Verb

 * 1)  To fell or chop with an axe.
 * 2)  To lay off, terminate or drastically reduce, especially in a rough or ruthless manner; to cancel.

Translations

 * Azerbaijani: baltalamaq
 * Bulgarian: отсичам с брадва
 * Czech:, osekávat, otesávat
 * Estonian: raiuma
 * Greek:, ,
 * Latvian: cirst
 * Mongolian:
 * Ottoman Turkish: بالطه‌لامق
 * Russian: ,
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish: ; ,
 * Turkish:


 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Greek: ,
 * Japanese:
 * Swahili:
 * Yiddish: אונטערהאַקן

Noun

 * 1)  The axle of a wheel.

Verb

 * 1) To furnish with an axle.

Etymology 3

 * see for more.

Etymology
. Compare the inherited doublet.

Noun

 * 1) axis
 * 2) axle

Etymology 1
. Cognate with 🇨🇬.

Noun

 * 1) ache
 * 2) affront

Noun

 * 1) An, a straight line that crosses the center of a body and around which it turns.
 * 2) An, a bar connecting parallel wheels of a kart, wagon, etc.

Etymology 1
From.

Etymology 2
From, from.

Noun

 * 1)  An ask or demand.

Etymology 3
From.

Etymology 4
From.

Verb

 * 1) * c. 1400,, "",  (Ellesmere MS), ll. 1346–52:
 * "enm"
 * "enm"

- NOw loueres axe I now this question Who hath the worse ? That oon may seen his lady day by day But in prison he moot dwelle alway That oother wher hym list may ride or go But seen his lady shal he neuere mo