axe in Sindhi سنڌي
axe in Telugu తెలుగు
axe in English
- axe⇄adj. axelike, axlike.
- axe⇄axe orax, noun, pl.axes,verb, axed,axing.
- axe⇄expr. get the axe, (Informal.)
a. to be discharged.
Ex. This department shut down when its members got the axe last week.
b. to reduce the size of or get rid of in order to reduce in size.
Ex. 17 chapters will get the axe within - axe⇄expr. give the axe, (Informal.) to discharge, dismiss, or spurn.
Ex. A growing number of men in the South Pacific are feeling bitter because their girls are now giving them ""the axe"" and marrying men in the States (Baltimore Sun). - axe⇄expr. have an axe to grind, to have a special purpose, usually from a selfish reason, for taking action or being interested.
Ex. The habitual French fear that any high-level intimacy between London and Washington means that Britain has an axe to gr - axe⇄hand ax oraxe
a prehistoric tool shaped for holding in the hand and used especially for cutting and scraping. - axe⇄meat ax oraxe
1. a butcher's cleaver used to chop roughly through meat and bone.
2. (Figurative.) a ruthless and sometimes indiscriminate hacking away.
Ex. The House assaulted the Administration's defense request with meat axes, lopped - axe⇄noun 1. a tool with a flat, sharp blade fastened to a handle, used for chopping, splitting, and shaping wood.
2. a weapon like this; battleaxe.
3. ice axe.
4. (U.S. Slang.) a musical instrument. - axe⇄v.t. 1. to shape or trim with an axe.
2. (Informal, Figurative.)
a. to discharge (an employee or employees), especially summarily.
Ex. Some executives in a merged company question their future and get out before they're axed (Wall Str