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What is the verb for ax?

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axe
  1. (transitive) To fell or chop with an axe.
  2. (transitive) To lay off, terminate or drastically reduce, especially in a rough or ruthless manner.
  3. Synonyms:
      4. chop, fell, hew, cut down, chop down, cut, hack, mow, lop, split, cleave, saw down, hack down, prune, trim, clip, crop, snip, dock, shear, pare, truncate, shorten, remove, sever, slash, curtail, detach, slice, excise, amputate, saw, eliminate, cut off, cut back, pare down, chop off, slice off, ax, lop off, bob, shave, nip, poll, hack off, take off, reduce, cut short, pollard, contract … more
  4. Examples:
      5. “Then he tried to axe the tree, but it didn't seem to yield.”
      “In the statement, Art Basel said the decision to axe the event was made jointly with its parent company.”
      “He was the innocent victim of a chairman's decision to axe his manager.”
ax
  1. Alternative spelling of axe
  2. Synonyms:
      3. axe, chop, hack, cleave, sever, hatchet, tomahawk, abolish, cut, scrap, slash, reduce drastically, dismiss, sack, fire, discharge, cashier, release, terminate, remove, retire, can, bounce, pink-slip, let go, muster out, lay off, turn off, give someone the sack, oust, kick out, expel, send packing, show the door, boot out, boot, give the heave-ho, give someone the boot, give someone their marching orders, throw out, make redundant, displace, give someone the push, get rid of, depose, give someone their notice, give notice, give someone their cards … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “Then he tried to ax the tree but it didn't seem to yield.”
      “There's no way they'd ax him from his job because the letters weren't true.”
      “Amtrak learned of this in time to ax plans to install the same system between Springfield and New Haven.”
axe
  1. To furnish with an axle.
  2. Synonyms:
      3. chop, fell, hew, cut down, chop down, cut, hack, mow, lop, split, cleave, saw down, hack down, prune, trim, clip, crop, snip, dock, shear, pare, truncate, shorten, remove, sever, slash, curtail, detach, slice, excise, amputate, saw, eliminate, cut off, cut back, pare down, chop off, slice off, ax, lop off, bob, shave, nip, poll, hack off, take off, reduce, cut short, pollard, contract … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “Then he tried to axe the tree, but it didn't seem to yield.”
      “In the statement, Art Basel said the decision to axe the event was made jointly with its parent company.”
      “He was the innocent victim of a chairman's decision to axe his manager.”
axing
  1. present participle of axe
  2. Synonyms:
      3. chopping, felling, hewing, cutting down, chopping down, cutting, hacking, mowing, lopping, splitting, cleaving, hacking down, pruning, trimming, clipping, cropping, snipping, docking, shearing, paring, truncating, shortening, removing, severing, slashing, curtailing, detaching, slicing, excising, amputating, sawing, eliminating, cutting off, cutting back, chopping off, paring down, slicing off, lopping off, bobbing, shaving, nipping, polling, hacking off, taking off, reducing, cutting short, pollarding, contracting, shrinking, decreasing … more
ax
  1. Alternative form of ask
  2. Synonyms:
      3. axe, chop, hack, cleave, sever, hatchet, tomahawk, abolish, cut, scrap, slash, reduce drastically, dismiss, sack, fire, discharge, cashier, release, terminate, remove, retire, can, bounce, pink-slip, let go, muster out, lay off, turn off, give someone the sack, oust, kick out, expel, send packing, show the door, boot out, boot, give the heave-ho, give someone the boot, give someone their marching orders, throw out, make redundant, displace, give someone the push, get rid of, depose, give someone their notice, give notice, give someone their cards … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “Then he tried to ax the tree but it didn't seem to yield.”
      “There's no way they'd ax him from his job because the letters weren't true.”
      “Amtrak learned of this in time to ax plans to install the same system between Springfield and New Haven.”
axe
  1. (obsolete or dialectal) Alternative form of ask
  2. Synonyms:
      3. chop, fell, hew, cut down, chop down, cut, hack, mow, lop, split, cleave, saw down, hack down, prune, trim, clip, crop, snip, dock, shear, pare, truncate, shorten, remove, sever, slash, curtail, detach, slice, excise, amputate, saw, eliminate, cut off, cut back, pare down, chop off, slice off, ax, lop off, bob, shave, nip, poll, hack off, take off, reduce, cut short, pollard, contract … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “Then he tried to axe the tree, but it didn't seem to yield.”
      “In the statement, Art Basel said the decision to axe the event was made jointly with its parent company.”
      “He was the innocent victim of a chairman's decision to axe his manager.”
axes
  1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of ax (all etymologies and senses)
  2. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of axe (all etymologies and senses)
  3. Synonyms:
      4. chops, fells, hews, cuts down, chops down, cuts, hacks, mows, lops, splits, cleaves, hacks down, prunes, trims, clips, crops, snips, docks, shears, pares, truncates, shortens, removes, severs, slashes, curtails, detaches, slices, excises, amputates, saws, eliminates, cuts off, cuts back, pares down, slices off, chops off, lops off, bobs, shaves, nips, polls, hacks off, takes off, reduces, cuts short, pollards, contracts, shrinks, decreases … more
axed
  1. simple past tense and past participle of axe (all etymologies and senses)
  2. Synonyms:
      3. chopped, felled, fell, hewed, hew, hewn, cut down, chopped down, cut, hacked, mowed, lopt, lopped, split, cut off, cut back, pruned, trimmed, clipt, clipped, cropped, snipped, docked, sheared, pared, truncated, shortened, removed, severed, slashed, curtailed, detached, sliced, excised, cleaved, amputated, sawed, eliminated, chopped off, pared down, sliced off, hacked down, shore, shorn, sawn, saw, saw down, lopped off, bobbed, cut short … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “You can easily undelete recently axed messages from an e-mail program's Deleted Items or Trash folder.”
      “Ratings fell to an all-time low of 2.6 million on Saturday, and the show has been axed.”
      “But speaking ahead of the meeting, Monitor said there was no possibility of reinstating the axed chairman.”
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