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axes
 
Noun axis has 6 senses
  1. axis - a straight line through a body or figure that satisfies certain conditions
    --1 is a kind of     edge tool; line; edge tool; line
    --1 has parts:
     ax handle, axe handle; ax head, axe head; blade; haft, helve; 2 of 6 senses of axis ; ax, axe; ax handle, axe handle; ax head, axe head; blade; haft, helve; 2 of 6 senses of axis
    --1 has particulars:
     broadax, broadaxe; common ax, common axe, Dayton ax, Dayton axe; double-bitted ax, double-bitted axe, Western ax, Western axe; fireman's ax, fireman's axe; hatchet; ice ax, ice axe, piolet; poleax, poleaxe; 4 of 6 senses of axis ; axis; coordinate axis; major axis; semimajor axis; minor axis; semiminor axis; principal axis, optic axis; ax, axe; broadax, broadaxe; common ax, common axe, Dayton ax, Dayton axe; double-bitted ax, double-bitted axe, Western ax, Western axe; fireman's ax, fireman's axe; hatchet; ice ax, ice axe, piolet; poleax, poleaxe; 4 of 6 senses of axis ; axis; coordinate axis; major axis; semimajor axis; minor axis; semiminor axis; principal axis, optic axis
    Derived form: verb ax1
  2. axis, axis of rotation - the center around which something rotates
    --2 is a kind of mechanism; mechanism
    --2 has particulars:
     pivot, pin; rotor head, rotor shaft; axis, axis of rotation; pivot, pin; rotor head, rotor shaft
  3. axis - the main stem or central part about which plant organs or plant parts such as branches are arranged
    --3 is a kind of     stalk, stem; stalk, stem
    --3 has part: stele; axis; stele
    --3 has particulars: rachis; spadix; axis; rachis; spadix
  4. Axis - in World War II the alliance of Germany and Italy in 1936 which later included Japan and other nations; "the Axis opposed the Allies in World War II"
    --4 is a kind of     alliance, coalition, alignment, alinement; alliance, coalition, alignment, alinement
  5. bloc, axis - a group of countries in special alliance
    --5 is a kind of alliance, coalition, alignment, alinement; alliance, coalition, alignment, alinement
    --5 has particulars:
     sterling area, sterling bloc, scheduled territories; bloc, axis; sterling area, sterling bloc, scheduled territories
  6. axis, axis vertebra - the 2nd cervical vertebra; serves as a pivot for turning the head
    --6 is a kind of cervical vertebra, neck bone; cervical vertebra, neck bone
    --6 has parts: odontoid process; axis, axis vertebra; odontoid process
Verb axe has 2 senses
  1. axe, ax - chop or split with an ax; "axe wood"
    --1 is one way to chop, hack
    Derived form: noun axe1
    Sample sentence:
    They axe the trees
  2. ax, axe - terminate; "The NSF axed the research program and stopped funding it"
    --2 is one way to end, terminate
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s something
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