ax

Noun

ax (plural axes)

1. (US) Alternative spelling of axe

Verb

ax (third-person singular simple present axes, present participle axing, simple past and past participle axed)

1. Alternative spelling of axe

Verb

ax (third-person singular simple present axes, present participle axing, simple past and past participle axed)

1. (now dialectal or nonstandard, especially African American Vernacular) Alternative form of ask
   • 1526, William Tyndale, trans. Bible, Acts I:

     When they were come togedder, they axed off hym, sayinge: Master wilt thou at this tyme restore agayne the kyngdom of israhel?

   • 1879, Barnes, William, “The Welshnut Tree”, in Complete Poems of William Barnes, volume 1, page 106:

     Ar try who'l ax em the hardest riddle, / Ar soonest vind out oone put us, true;

   • 1979, Verna Mae Slone, What My Heart Wants to Tell, Kentucky 1988, p. 18:

     ‘I axed him if he knowed the way and he said he had not fergitten the lay of the land.’

Declension

Alternative forms

• axe, ex, exe, æxæ, æxe

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aks/
• Rhymes: -aks

Noun

ax (plural axes)

1. An axe (tool)
2. An axe (weapon)

Alternative forms

• ȝex

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aks/
• Rhymes: -aks

Noun

ax (plural axes)

1. (rare) An axle, axletree, pole

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