axe
noun
1. an edge tool with a heavy bladed head mounted across a handle
Similar word(s): ax
Definition categories: man–made
Sentences with axe as a noun:
- His girlfriend/boss/schoolmaster gave him the axe.
verb
1. chop or split with an ax
- axe wood
Similar word(s): ax
Definition categories: contact, chop, hack
2. terminate
- The NSF axed the research program and stopped funding it
Similar word(s): ax
Definition categories: change, end, terminate
Sentences with axe as a verb:
- The government announced its plans to axe public spending.
- The broadcaster axed the series because far less people than expected watched it.
- He got axed in the last round of firings.