Ax

German Meaning

Axt

Beil

Kürzung

streichen

entlassen

kürzen

English Meaning

  1. A tool with a bladed, usually heavy head mounted crosswise on a handle, used for felling trees or chopping wood.
  2. Any of various bladed, hand-held implements used as a cutting tool or weapon.
  3. Informal A sudden termination of employment: My colleague got the ax yesterday.
  4. Slang A musical instrument, especially a guitar.
  5. To chop or fell with or as if with an ax: axed down the saplings; axed out a foothold in the ice.
  6. Informal To remove ruthlessly or suddenly: a social program that was axed to effectuate budget cuts.
  7. ax to grind A selfish or ulterior aim: He claimed to be disinterested, but I knew he had an ax to grind.
  8. Nonstandard Variant of ask.