ax

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noun

an edge tool with a heavy bladed head mounted across a handle (Freq. 2)

• Syn: ↑axe

• Derivationally related forms: ↑axe (for: ↑axe)

• Hypernyms: ↑edge tool

• Hyponyms:

↑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

• Part Meronyms:

↑ax handle, ↑axe handle, ↑ax head, ↑axe head, ↑blade, ↑haft, ↑helve

II

verb

1. chop or split with an ax

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axe wood

• Syn: ↑axe

• Derivationally related forms: ↑axe (for: ↑axe)

• Hypernyms: ↑chop, ↑hack

• Verb Frames:

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Somebody ——s something

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They ax the trees

2. terminate

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The NSF axed the research program and stopped funding it

• Syn: ↑axe

• Hypernyms: ↑end, ↑terminate

• Verb Frames:

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Somebody ——s something