Definitions for axes
axes
ax·es
Spelling: [ak-seez]
IPA: /ˈæk siz/
Axes is a 4 letter English word.
It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points.
It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.
You can make 22 anagrams from letters in axes (aesx).
Definitions for axes
noun
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plural of axis1 .
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plural of ax or axe.
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an instrument with a bladed head on a handle or helve, used for hewing, cleaving, chopping, etc.
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Jazz Slang. any musical instrument.
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the ax, Informal.
dismissal from employment:
expulsion from school.
rejection by a lover, friend, etc.:
any usually summary removal or curtailment.
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the line about which a rotating body, such as the earth, turns.
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Mathematics.
a central line that bisects a two-dimensional body or figure.
a line about which a three-dimensional body or figure is symmetrical.
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Anatomy.
a central or principal structure, about which something turns or is arranged:
the second cervical vertebra.
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Botany. the longitudinal support on which organs or parts are arranged; the stem and root; the central line of any body.
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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.
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Crystallography. crystallographic axis.
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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.
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Fine Arts. an imaginary line, in a given formal structure, about which a form, area, or plane is organized.
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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.
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the Axis, (in World War II) Germany, Italy, and Japan, often with Bulgaria, Hungary, and Romania.
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a principal line of development, movement, direction, etc.
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axis deer.
Idioms
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have an ax to grind, to have a personal or selfish motive:
verb (used with object)
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to shape or trim with an ax.
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to chop, split, destroy, break open, etc., with an ax:
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Informal. to dismiss, restrict, or destroy brutally, as if with an ax:
Origin of axes
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 Germani
Examples for axes
She axes the terrible contestants while still soothing them, flashing that sweet J.Lo smile, for the sake of our entertainment.
Every tithing-man in Somersetshire is searching for axes and scythes.
He kept a series of lamps, some with medieval design, on the floor and axes and swords around the room.
To run straight, the axes of all the wheels must obviously be parallel.
These are just a few of the people who could get the shaft if the Supreme Court axes the Affordable Care Act.
At Studio Stagetti, I shot a man with more picks and axes than I have ever seen outside an arctic expedition.
The door of the shop was locked and there was a yell for axes to burst it open.
Using those two axes, you gain a broad view but also one that has depth.
One of the Creator's lamentable mistakes, repented in sashcloth and axes.
The stranger with the crimson robe pursued, And slaughtered with axes and blades.