ax

/æks/ Cách viết khác : (axe) /æks/

Thân thiện

A lumberjack chops a log with an ax.

Definition

1. Noun:

   • A tool for chopping wood: An ax is a tool with a heavy, sharp metal blade attached to a long wooden handle, used for chopping or splitting wood.
   • A sudden removal or termination: Informally, "the ax" can refer to the act of being dismissed from a job or having something terminated abruptly.

2. Verb:

   • To chop or split with an ax: To use an ax to cut or divide something, typically wood.
   • To terminate or remove abruptly: To end something suddenly or dismiss someone from a job, often to reduce costs.

Examples of Usage

• Noun:
  • He used an ax to chop firewood for the winter.
  • After the budget cuts, several projects faced the ax.
• Verb:
  • They axed the old tree before it could fall on the house.
  • The television network axed the unpopular show.

Advanced Usage

• To get the ax: To be fired from a job or to have something terminated.
  • Hundreds of employees got the ax when the factory closed.
• To have an ax to grind: To have a strong personal opinion or selfish motive that you want to promote.
  • Be careful of his advice; he has an ax to grind regarding the new policy.

Variants and Related Words

• Axe: This is an alternative spelling of "ax," more common in British English.
• Axman (n): A person who uses an ax, especially as a job (e.g., a lumberjack).
• Ax head (n): The metal blade part of an ax.

Synonyms

• Noun (Tool): Hatchet, cleaver.
• Verb (Terminate): Cancel, eliminate, cut, dismiss.

Related Phrasal Verbs

• Ax out: To remove or eliminate something.
  • They had to ax out several scenes to shorten the movie.

Related Idioms

• To bury the ax/hatchet: To make peace, to end a conflict.
  • After years of arguing, the two brothers decided to bury the ax.
• To put the ax in the helve: To solve a difficult problem.
  • The new evidence finally put the ax in the helve of the mysterious case.

Học thuật

Noun

1. an edge tool with a heavy bladed head mounted across a handle

Verb

1. terminate
   • The NSF axed the research program and stopped funding it
2. chop or split with an ax
   • axe wood

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