axe viroksi - Sanakirja.org (englanti-viro)

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.
(archaic) The axle of a wheel.
An ancient weapon consisting of a head that has one or two blades and a long handle.
(informal) A dismissal or rejection.
(figurative) A drastic reduction or cutback.
(slang, music) A gigging musician's particular instrument, especially a guitar in rock music or a saxophone in jazz.
(finance) A position, interest, or reason in buying and selling stock, often with ulterior motives.

(transitive) To fell or chop with an axe.
To furnish with an axle.
(now obsolete outside dialects, especially African-American Vernacular) Alternative form of ask.
(transitive, figurative) To lay off, terminate or drastically reduce, especially in a rough or ruthless manner; to cancel.

His girlfriend/boss/schoolmaster gave him the axe.
I had a job in the great North Woods
Workin' as a cook for a spell.
But I never did like it all that much
And one day the axe just fell.
The government announced its plans to axe public spending.
The broadcaster axed the series because far less people than expected watched it.
He got axed in the last round of firings.
But if thei wolen ony thing lerne, at home axe thei her hosebondis; for it is foule thing to a womman to speke in chirche.
And the people axed hym, sayinge: What shall we do then.
I axed expenditures.
He axes the project.

Partisiipin perfekti	axed
Imperfekti	axed
Partisiipin preesens	axing
Monikko	axes
Yksikön kolmannen persoonan indikatiivin preesens	axes

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