Associations to the word «Ax»

Pictures for the word «Ax»

Wiktionary

AX, noun. (largely US) Alternative spelling of axe
AX, verb. Alternative spelling of axe
AX, verb. (now dialectal or nonstandard) Alternative form of ask
AX, proper noun. Åland
AX, proper noun. A surname​.
AX TO GRIND, noun. (US) A proposition or point of view to advocate, especially motivated by self-interest
AX TO GRIND, noun. (US) a grudge

Dictionary definition

AX, noun. An edge tool with a heavy bladed head mounted across a handle.
AX, verb. Chop or split with an ax; "axe wood".
AX, verb. Terminate; "The NSF axed the research program and stopped funding it".

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope