ax

Plural: axes

Noun

• an edge tool with a heavy bladed head mounted across a handle
• Alternative form of axe.

Verb

Verb Forms: axed, axing, axes

• To cut or work on with an ax.
• chop or split with an ax
  • "axe wood"
• terminate
  • "The NSF axed the research program and stopped funding it"
• Alternative form of axe.
• Alternative form of ask.

Examples

• He had to ax his grand plan for a different, lower-scoring word.

Synonyms

axe

Anagrams of ax