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.

(transitive) To fell or chop with an axe. / (transitive, figuratively) To lay off, terminate or drastically reduce, especially in a rough or ruthless manner; to cancel.

(archaic) The axle of a wheel.

To furnish with an axle.

(now obsolete outside dialects, especially African-American Vernacular) Alternative form of ask

plural of ax / plural of axe

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of ax (all etymologies and senses) / Third-person singular simple present indicative form of axe (all etymologies and senses)

plural of axis

(American spelling) Alternative form of axe

(American spelling) Alternative form of axe