Noun
- 1. ax, axe, edge tool
- usage: an edge tool with a heavy bladed head mounted across a handle
Noun
- 1. ax, axe, edge tool
- usage: a straight line through a body or figure that satisfies certain conditions
- 2. axis, line
- usage: the main stem or central part about which plant organs or plant parts such as branches are arranged
- 3. axis, stalk, stem
- usage: in World War II the alliance of Germany and Italy in 1936 which later included Japan and other nations; "the Axis opposed the Allies in World War II"
- 4. Axis, alliance, coalition, alignment, alinement
- usage: a group of countries in special alliance
- 5. bloc, axis, alliance, coalition, alignment, alinement
- usage: the 2nd cervical vertebra; serves as a pivot for turning the head
- 6. axis, axis vertebra, cervical vertebra, neck bone
- usage: the center around which something rotates
Verb
- 1. axe, ax, chop, hack
- usage: chop or split with an ax; "axe wood"
- 2. ax, axe, end, terminate
- usage: terminate; "The NSF axed the research program and stopped funding it"
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