—axe (US ALSO ax) /æks/
noun [C]
F0 a tool that has a heavy iron or steel blade at the end of a long wooden handle, used for cutting wood:
» Julian used an axe to chop down the old apple tree.Thesaurus+: ↑Tools , ↑Gardening toolsthe axe UK (US ALSO the ax)F0 the situation in which someone loses their job:
» Over 500 staff are facing the axe.Thesaurus+: ↑Firing staff and being firedget the axe UKF0 When a service, plan, etc. gets the axe, it is stopped or prevented from happening:
» Religious programmes will be the first to get the axe if she's put in charge of the station.Thesaurus+: ↑Starting, succeeding and failing in businessverb [T] ↑Verb Endings for axe
► F0 to reduce services, jobs, payments, etc. a lot or completely without warning or in a single action: » Because of the recession the company is to axe 350 jobs.» The TV series will be axed owing to a decline in popularity.Thesaurus+: ↑Becoming and making smaller or less , ↑Becoming and making less strong- the end of the line/road
- the enemy of sth
- the English
- the English Channel
- the (English) Channel
- the Enlightenment
- the environment
- the Episcopal Church
- the epitome of sth
- the establishment
- the ether
- the EU
- the euro
- the European Community
- the European Union
- the Eurozone
- the evening star
- the evil eye
- the exception that proves the rule
- the Exchequer
- the executive
- the extent to which
- the FA
- the fabric of sth
- the face of sth