Axe

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. isim A 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.
2. isim An ancient weapon consisting of a head that has one or two blades and a long handle.
3. isim A dismissal or rejection.

   “His girlfriend/boss/schoolmaster gave him the axe.”

4. isim A drastic reduction or cutback.

   “the Beeching Axe”

5. isim A gigging musician's particular instrument, especially a guitar in rock music or a saxophone in jazz.
6. isim 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.”

7. fiil To fell or chop with an axe.
8. fiil To lay off, terminate or drastically reduce, especially in a rough or ruthless manner; to cancel.

   “The government announced its plans to axe public spending.”

9. isim The axle of a wheel.
10. fiil To furnish with an axle.
11. fiil Alternative form of ask.

    “Axe and it ſhalbe geven you. Seke and ye ſhall fynd / Knocke and it ſhalbe opened vnto you.”

12. özel isim A river in Dorset, Somerset, and east Devon, England, which flows into Lyme Bay at Seaton.
13. özel isim A river in Somerset, England, which flows into the Bristol Channel at Weston-super-Mare.