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Definitions for Axes

[1] plural of axis1.
[2] plural of ax or axe.
[3] an instrument with a bladed head on a handle or helve, used for hewing, cleaving, chopping, etc.
[4] Jazz Slang . any musical instrument.
[5] 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.
[6] to shape or trim with an ax.
[7] to chop, split, destroy, break open, etc., with an ax: The firemen had to ax the door to reach the fire.
[8] 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.
[9] the line about which a rotating body, such as the earth, turns.
[10] Mathematics . a central line that bisects a two-dimensional body or figure. a line about which a three-dimensional body or figure is symmetrical.
[11] Anatomy . a central or principal structure, about which something turns or is arranged: the skeletal axis. the second cervical vertebra.
[12] Botany . the longitudinal support on which organs or parts are arranged; the stem and root; the central line of any body.
[13] Analytic Geometry . any line used as a fixed reference in conjunction with one or more other references for determining the position of a point or of a series of points forming a curve or a surface. Compare x-axis, y-axis.
[14] Crystallography . crystallographic axis.
[15] Aeronautics . any one of three lines defining the attitude of an airplane, one being generally determined by the direction of forward motion and the other two at right angles to it and to each other.
[16] Fine Arts . an imaginary line, in a given formal structure, about which a form, area, or plane is organized.
[17] an alliance of two or more nations to coordinate their foreign and military policies, and to draw in with them a group of dependent or supporting powers.
[18] the Axis, (in World War II) Germany, Italy, and Japan, often with Bulgaria, Hungary, and Romania.
[19] a principal line of development, movement, direction, etc.
[20] axis deer.
[21] the plural of axis 1
[22] the plural of axe
[23] a real or imaginary line about which a body, such as an aircraft, can rotate or about which an object, form, composition, or geometrical construction is symmetrical
[24] one of two or three reference lines used in coordinate geometry to locate a point in a plane or in space
[25] anatomy the second cervical vertebra Compare atlas (def. 3)
[26] botany the main central part of a plant, typically consisting of the stem and root, from which secondary branches and other parts develop
[27] an alliance between a number of states to coordinate their foreign policy
[28] Also called: principal axis optics the line of symmetry of an optical system, such as the line passing through the centre of a lens
[29] geology an imaginary line along the crest of an anticline or the trough of a syncline
[30] crystallog one of three lines passing through the centre of a crystal and used to characterize its symmetry
[31] any of several S Asian deer of the genus Axis, esp A. axis. They typically have a reddish-brown white-spotted coat and slender antlers
[32] the Axis the alliance of Nazi Germany, Fascist Italy, and Japan, established in 1936 and lasting until their defeat in World War II (as modifier ) the Axis powers

Words related to Axes

shaft, support, stem, hinge, pole, stalk, axle, pivot, spindle, arbor, fire, hatchet, sack, can, discharge, cleaver, poll, tomahawk, chopper, adz

Words nearby Axes

axel, axel heiberg, axelrod, axeman, axenic, axes, axi-, axial, axial angle, axial current, axial filament

Origin of Axes

is2First recorded in 1595–1605, axis is from the Latin word axis a wild animal of India (Pliny)

Other words from Axes

ax·like , adjective
ax·ised [ak -sist] /ˈæk sɪst/ , adjective
un·ax·ised , adjective
axial adjective

Word origin for Axes

isC18: from Latin: Indian wild animal, of uncertain identity

Synonyms for Axes

adz, chopper, hatchet, tomahawk