axe
Noun
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An edge tool with a heavy bladed head mounted across a handle (synset 102767049)
is a type of: edge tool - any cutting tool with a sharp cutting edge (as a chisel or knife or plane or gouge)subtypes:
- broadax, broadaxe - a large ax with a broad cutting blade
- common ax, common axe, dayton ax, dayton axe - an ax with a long handle and a head that has one cutting edge and one blunt side
- double-bitted ax, double-bitted axe, western ax, western axe - an ax that has cutting edges on both sides of the head
- fireman's ax, fireman's axe - an ax that has a long handle and a head with one cutting edge and a point on the other side
- hatchet - a small ax with a short handle used with one hand (usually to chop wood)
- ice ax, ice axe, piolet - an ax used by mountain climbers for cutting footholds in ice
- poleax, poleaxe - an ax used to slaughter cattle; has a hammer opposite the blade
has:same as: ax
Verb
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Chop or split with an ax (synset 201260517)
"axe wood"same as: ax
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Terminate (synset 200354971)
"The NSF axed the research program and stopped funding it"same as: ax
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