What (who) is axe - definition
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The Axe; AXE; AXe; AXE (disambiguation)
the axe
cost-cutting action, especially redundancy:
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![Jade axe, [[Shang dynasty]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/13th Cent. BC Unique Shang Hafted Axe with Jade (Nephrite) Blade.jpg?width=200 "Jade axe, [[Shang dynasty]]")
![A collection of [[bronze]] socketed axe blades from the [[Bronze Age]] found in Germany. This was the prime tool of the period, and also seems to have been used as a store of value.](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/ALB - Hortfund Groß Gaglow.jpg?width=200 "A collection of [[bronze]] socketed axe blades from the [[Bronze Age]] found in Germany. This was the prime tool of the period, and also seems to have been used as a store of value.")
![Duke of Somerset]] after the [[Battle of Tewkesbury]] in 1471](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Beheading duke somerset.jpg?width=200 "Duke of Somerset]] after the [[Battle of Tewkesbury]] in 1471")
![Roman axes in an ancient Roman relief in [[Brescia]], [[Italy]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Brescia Monte pietà romani1 by Stefano Bolognini.JPG?width=200 "Roman axes in an ancient Roman relief in [[Brescia]], [[Italy]]")
![Axe pictured in the coat of arms of [[Tórshavn]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Coat of arms of Tórshavn.svg?width=200 "Axe pictured in the coat of arms of [[Tórshavn]]")
![Gallo-Roman Museum (Tongeren)]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Kokerbijl van het Plainseautype in brons, 925 tot 800 VC, vindplaats- Maaseik, Heppeneert, Wayerveld, collectie Gallo-Romeins Museum Tongeren, He 1.jpg?width=200 "Gallo-Roman Museum (Tongeren)]]")
![A collection of old Australian cutting tools including [[broad axe]]s, broad hatchets, mortising axes, carpenter's and felling axes. Also five [[adze]]s, a corner chisel, two [[froe]]s, and a [[twybil]].](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Old axes.jpg?width=200 "A collection of old Australian cutting tools including [[broad axe]]s, broad hatchets, mortising axes, carpenter's and felling axes. Also five [[adze]]s, a corner chisel, two [[froe]]s, and a [[twybil]].")
![[[Shang dynasty]] axe](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Shang Bronze Yue 2.jpg?width=200 "[[Shang dynasty]] axe")
![[[Firefighter]] with a fire axe](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Firefighter with axe.jpg?width=200 "[[Firefighter]] with a fire axe")
![Fire axe and [[fire hose]] on the [[MV Coho]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/MV Coho fire axe.jpg?width=200 "Fire axe and [[fire hose]] on the [[MV Coho]]")
WEAPON OR TOOL CONSISTING OF A SHAFT, WITH A HEAD ATTACHED AT A PARALLEL ANGLE THAT IS USED PRIMARILY FOR CHOPPING, SPLITTING, OR SHAPING MATERIALS
Fu (weapon); Antler sleeve; Axe (tool); Axes as Weapons; Venmazhu; Fire axe; Fireman's axe; Firefighter's axe; Hammer axe; Ax; A.x.; Ax.; Fireaxe; Axiniform; Axe-hammer; 🪓
·- ·Alt. of Axeman.
II. Axe ·noun 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.
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WEAPON OR TOOL CONSISTING OF A SHAFT, WITH A HEAD ATTACHED AT A PARALLEL ANGLE THAT IS USED PRIMARILY FOR CHOPPING, SPLITTING, OR SHAPING MATERIALS
Fu (weapon); Antler sleeve; Axe (tool); Axes as Weapons; Venmazhu; Fire axe; Fireman's axe; Firefighter's axe; Hammer axe; Ax; A.x.; Ax.; Fireaxe; Axiniform; Axe-hammer; 🪓
(US also ax)
¦ noun
1. a heavy-bladed tool used for chopping wood.
2. (the axe) cost-cutting action, especially redundancy: thirty staff are facing the axe.
3. informal a guitar or (in jazz) a saxophone.
¦ verb
1. dismiss or cancel suddenly and ruthlessly.
2. cut or strike with an axe.
Phrases
have an axe to grind have a private reason for doing something.
Origin
OE ?x, of Gmc origin.
Wikipedia
Axe (disambiguation)
An axe is an implement with a blade, used as a tool and a weapon.
Axe may also refer to:
Pronunciation examples for axe
1. the hand axe tradition
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2. I want an axe.
Critical Role _ Matthew Mercer + More _ Talks at Google
3. this axe-like instrument.
Pascal Bokar Thiam _ Talks at Google
4. Because we believe that Axe Body Spray
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5. The Acheulean hand-axe comes before language.
Intuition Pumps and Other Tools for Thinking _ Daniel Dennett _ Talks at Google
Examples of use of axe
1. Analysts are ratcheting up estimates of how big an axe OPEC will have to swing today at its Vienna talks, as if the axe is bound to fall.
2. The propaganda campaign includes billboard signs saying, Those who rely on America are axe–handles.‘‘ Axe–handle is jargon used by the junta to mean traitors or puppets.
3. Sure enough, the audience plunged and the axe fell.
4. Urgum the Axe Man by Kjartan Poskitt, Scholastic 103.
5. They may have been killed with an axe, police said.