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ax¹

  • /æks/

Rhymes with -æks

noun axes

  1. US, standard US standard spelling of axe The people of other nations, inhabitants of regions acquired not by conquest, but by compact, have been united with us in the participation of our rights and duties, of our burdens and blessings. The forest has fallen by the ax of our woodsmen; the soil has been made to teem by the tillage of our fa

verb axes · axing · axed

  1. US, standard US standard spelling of axe

ax²

  • /æks/

Rhymes with -æks

Where it comes from

From Middle English axen, aksen, axien, from Old English ācsian and āxian, showing metathesis from āscian. Ax/aks was common in literary works until about 1600.

verb axes · axing · axed

  1. alternative, dialectal, nonstandard Alternative form of ask When they were come togedder, they axed off hym, sayinge: Master wilt thou at this tyme restore agayne the kyngdom of israhel?

Ax³

Where it comes from

From the German surname, spelling variant of Axt.

proper noun

  1. A surname.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: axe, helve, bitted, grinders, hatchet, tomahawk, cleaver, chopper, adze, mattock, pickaxe, maul, battleaxe, poleaxe, halberd, broadaxe

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@misc{ax_2026,
  title = {ax},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ax},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}