AX


Meaning of AX in English

n.

Variant: or axe

Pronunciation: ' aks

Function: noun

Etymology: Middle English, from Old English æcs; akin to Old High German ackus ax, Latin ascia, Greek axin ē

Date: before 12th century

1 : a cutting tool that consists of a heavy edged head fixed to a handle with the edge parallel to the handle and that is used especially for felling trees and chopping and splitting wood

2 : a hammer with a sharp edge for dressing or spalling stone

3 : abrupt removal (as from employment or from a budget) ― sometimes used in the phrase get the ax

4 : a musical instrument (as a guitar or a saxophone)

– ax to grind : an ulterior often selfish underlying purpose <claims that he has no ax to grind in criticizing the proposed law>

Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary.      Merriam Webster - Энциклопедический словарь английского языка.