axe
A tool for felling trees or chopping wood etcA tool for felling trees or chopping wood etc. consisting of a heavy head flattened to a blade on one side, and a handle attached to it.
» Tom has an ax to grind.
Том гне власну лінію.
У Тома власна програма.
Том працює згідно з методичкою.
Meaning
7 sensesA tool for felling trees or chopping wood etc. consisting of a heavy head flattened to a blade on one side, and a handle attached to it.
Axt, Beil, Ax
топо́рtopór, колу́нkolún, секи́раsekíra
соки́раsokýra, колу́нkolún, топі́рtopír
an edge tool with a heavy bladed head mounted across a handle
An ancient weapon consisting of a head that has one or two blades and a long handle.
Streitaxt
топо́рtopór, секи́раsekíra
топі́рtopír, берди́шberdýš
(informal)A dismissal or rejection.
His girlfriend/boss/schoolmaster gave him the axe.
Korb, Laufpass
отка́зotkáz
відмо́ваvidmóva
(figuratively)A drastic reduction or cutback.
the Beeching Axe
The tractor plant is slated for the axe.
(slang)A gigging musician's particular instrument, especially a guitar in rock music or a saxophone in jazz.
A position, interest, or reason in buying and selling stock, often with ulterior motives.
A financial dealer has an axe in a stock that his buyers don't know about, giving him an advantage in making the most profit.
(archaic)The axle of a wheel.
Examples
148 sentencesTom has an ax to grind.
Том гне власну лінію.
Tom might be getting the ax.
deTom könnte entlassen werden.
Tom is looking for his ax.
Tom was looking for his ax.
Tom's ax is sharper than mine.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English ax, axe, ex, from Old English æx (“axe”), from Proto-West Germanic *akFrom Middle English ax, axe, ex, from Old English æx (“axe”), from Proto-West Germanic *akusi (“axe”), from Proto-Germanic *akwisī (“axe”), probably from a Proto-Indo-European *h₂egʷsih₂ (“axe”), from *h₂eḱ- (“sharp, pointed”). Cognate with Scots aix (“axe”), Dutch aks (“axe”), German Axt (“axe”), Danish økse (“axe”), Faroese, Norwegian Bokmål, and Norwegian Nynorsk øks (“axe”), Icelandic öxi (“axe”), Swedish yxa (“axe”), Latin ascia (“axe, mason's trowel”).
Derived from French axe, from Latin axis.
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