Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun ax

1 sense of ax

Sense 1
ax, axe -- (an edge tool with a heavy bladed head mounted across a handle)
       => edge tool -- (any cutting tool with a sharp cutting edge (as a chisel or knife or plane or gouge))

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb ax

2 senses of ax

Sense 1
axe, ax -- (chop or split with an ax; "axe wood")
       => chop, hack -- (cut with a hacking tool)

Sense 2
ax, axe -- (terminate; "The NSF axed the research program and stopped funding it")
       => end, terminate -- (bring to an end or halt; "She ended their friendship when she found out that he had once been convicted of a crime"; "The attack on Poland terminated the relatively peaceful period after WW I")