| Engelsk > Engelsk |
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| axe |
| 1. n. A tool for felling trees or chopping wood etc. consisting of a heavy head flattened to a blade on one side, and a handle attached to it. |
| 2. n. An ancient weapon consisting of a head that has one or two blades and a long handle. |
| 3. n. (informal) A dismissal or rejection. |
| His girlfriend/boss/schoolmaster gave him the axe. |
| 4. n. (slang) A gigging musician's particular instrument, especially a guitar in rock music or a saxophone in jazz. |
| 5. n. (finance) A position, interest, or reason in buying and selling stock, often with ulterior motives., Risk magazine |
| A financial dealer has an axe in a stock that his buyers don't know about, giving him an advantage in making the most profit. |
| 6. v. To fell or chop with an axe. |
| 7. v. To lay off, terminate or drastically reduce, especially in a rough or ruthless manner. |
| The government announced its plans to axe public spending. |
| The broadcaster axed the series because far fewer people than expected watched it. |
| He got axed in the last round of firings. |
| 8. n. (archaic) The axle of a wheel. |
| 9. v. To furnish with an axle. |
| 10. v. (now obsolete, outside, dialects, especially, AAVE) alternative form of ask |
| Svenska > Engelsk |
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| yxa |
| 1. n-c. axe |
| 2. v. (yxa till, yxa ihop, yxa fram) to axe, to cut, chip or sculpture with an axe, to hack, to shape roughly, to make a prototype |
| och så yxade jag till en stuga här vid vägen. - And so I built a log cabin here by the road. |
| kommittén hade yxat till ett förslag - the committee had hacked a rough proposal |
| jag yxade till min personliga profil lite grann - I shaped up my personal profile a bit |
| 3. v. (yxa ner, yxa upp, yxa sönder, yxa bort) to slash with an axe, to reduce or remove, to attack, to criticise |
| Hon har yxat ner antalet biståndsländer från 70 till 33 - She has slashed the number of countries receiving our foreign aid from 70 to 33 |
| yxa upp en vak - cut a hole in the ice with an axe |
