axe (n.)

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

    [ Syn: ax ]

    axe (v.)

  1. chop or split with an ax; axe wood

    [ Syn: ax ]

  2. terminate; The NSF axed the research program and stopped funding it

    [ Syn: ax ]

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