Antonyms for axes
| 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
- 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
- adz
- arbor
- axle
- boot
- bounce
- can
- cancel
- chop
- chopper
- cleaver
- cut
- cut back
- cut down
- discharge
- dispense with
- eliminate
- fell
- fire
- get rid of
- give a pink slip
- give the boot
- hatchet
- hew
- hinge
- kick out
- lay off
- pivot
- pole
- poll
- remove
- sack
- shaft
- spindle
- stalk
- stem
- support
- terminate
- throw out
- tomahawk
- turning point
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