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Definitions for Axed

[1] an instrument with a bladed head on a handle or helve, used for hewing, cleaving, chopping, etc.
[2] Jazz Slang . any musical instrument.
[3] the ax, Informal . dismissal from employment: to get the ax. expulsion from school. rejection by a lover, friend, etc.: His girlfriend gave him the ax. any usually summary removal or curtailment.
[4] to shape or trim with an ax.
[5] to chop, split, destroy, break open, etc., with an ax: The firemen had to ax the door to reach the fire.
[6] Informal . to dismiss, restrict, or destroy brutally, as if with an ax: The main office axed those in the field who didn't meet their quota. Congress axed the budget.
[7] have an ax to grind , to have a personal or selfish motive: His interest may be sincere, but I suspect he has an ax to grind.

Words related to Axed

axfire, hatchet, sack, can, discharge, cleaver, poll, tomahawk, chop, cut, fell, hew, boot, bounce, cancel, eliminate, remove, terminate

Words nearby Axed

axawre, awry, aws, awsome, awu, ax, ax job, ax to grind, ax-, ax., axa

Origin of Axed

before 1000; Middle English; ax(e ), ex(e ), Old English æx, æces; akin to Gothic aquizi, Old Norse øx, ǫx, Old High German acc(h)us, a(c)kus (German Axt ), Middle High German plural exa < Germanic *akwiz-, akuz-, aksi- ≪ *ákəs, áks-; Latin ascia (< *acsiā ), Greek axī́nē; < Indo-European *ag-s-

Other words from Axed

ax·like , adjective

Synonyms for Axed

chop, cut, cut down, fell, hew