| inglese > italiano | |
| axe | |
| 1. sost. ascia | |
| 2. sost. (araldica) ascia | |
| inglese > inglese | |
| axe | |
| 1. subst. 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. subst. An ancient weapon consisting of a head that has one or two blades and a long handle. |  |
| 3. subst. (informal) A dismissal or rejection. |  |
| His girlfriend/boss/schoolmaster gave him the axe. |  |
| 4. subst. (slang) A gigging musician's particular instrument, especially a guitar in rock music or a saxophone in jazz. |  |
| 5. subst. (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. subst. (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 |  |
| italiano > inglese | |
| ascia | |
| 1. subst. axe, tomahawk |  |