What is the meaning of ax?

noun

  • An edge tool with a heavy bladed head mounted across a handle.

verb

  • Chop or split with an ax.
    • usage: "axe wood"
  • Terminate.
    • usage: "The NSF axed the research program and stopped funding it"
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