ax
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 ax, hatchet, ice ax, ice axe, piolet,
poleax, poleaxe
• Part Meronyms:
ax handle, axe handle, ax head, axe head, blade,
haft, helve
1. chop or split with an ax
- axe wood
• Syn:
axe
• Derivationally related forms:
axe (for: axe)
• Hypernyms:
chop, hack
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- They ax the trees
2. terminate
- The NSF axed the research program and stopped funding it
• Syn:
axe
• Hypernyms:
end, terminate
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
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