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Grammar : Noun, verb
Spell : ak-seez
Phonetic Transcription : ˈæk siz


Definition of axes

Origin :
  • 1540s, "imaginary straight line around which a body (such as the Earth) rotates," from Latin axis "axle, pivot, axis of the earth or sky," from PIE *aks- "axis" (cf. Old English eax, Old High German ahsa "axle;" Greek axon "axis, axle, wagon;" Sanskrit aksah "an axle, axis, beam of a balance;" Lithuanian aszis "axle"). Figurative sense in world history of "alliance between Germany and Italy" (later extended unetymologically to include Japan) is from 1936. Original reference was to a "Rome-Berlin axis" in central Europe. The word later was used in reference to a London-Washington axis (World War II) and a Moscow-Peking axis (early Cold War).
  • noun large cutting tool
  • noun point around which something revolves
  • verb cut with large blade
  • verb dismiss from service
  • verb dismiss
Example sentences :
  • To run straight, the axes of all the wheels must obviously be parallel.
  • Extract from : « Scientific American Supplement, No. 447, July 26, 1884 » by Various
  • One of the Creator's lamentable mistakes, repented in sashcloth and axes.
  • Extract from : « The Devil's Dictionary » by Ambrose Bierce
  • Every tithing-man in Somersetshire is searching for axes and scythes.
  • Extract from : « Micah Clarke » by Arthur Conan Doyle
  • The stranger with the crimson robe pursued, And slaughtered with axes and blades.
  • Extract from : « Y Gododin » by Aneurin
  • The door of the shop was locked and there was a yell for axes to burst it open.
  • Extract from : « Cap'n Eri » by Joseph Crosby Lincoln
  • On other parts are emblems of the slaughter-house, such as ropes, rings, and axes.
  • Extract from : « England, Picturesque and Descriptive » by Joel Cook
  • Two of them were armed with axes and the third with a sledge.
  • Extract from : « When the West Was Young » by Frederick R. Bechdolt
  • He went from that work to the place where the choppers were swinging their axes.
  • Extract from : « Two Arrows » by William O. Stoddard
  • All day axes resounded in the firs, and picks were busy in the gullies.
  • Extract from : « They of the High Trails » by Hamlin Garland
  • The finders jumped to the conclusion that the axes had fallen there.
  • Extract from : « The Book of the Damned » by Charles Fort

Synonyms for axes

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