ALL meanings of axes
ax·es
A a - noun axes Axes is the plural of axe. 3
- noun axes Axes is the plural of axis. 3
- abbreviation AXES ax1 3
- abbreviation AXES axis1 3
- noun axes plural of ax or axe. 1
- noun plural axes an instrument with a bladed head on a handle or helve, used for hewing, cleaving, chopping, etc. 1
- noun plural axes Jazz Slang. any musical instrument. 1
- noun plural axes the ax, Informal. dismissal from employment: to get the ax. expulsion from school. rejection by a lover, friend, etc.: His girlfriend gave him the ax. any usually summary removal or curtailment. 1
- noun plural axes the line about which a rotating body, such as the earth, turns. 1
- noun plural axes Mathematics. a central line that bisects a two-dimensional body or figure. a line about which a three-dimensional body or figure is symmetrical. 1
- noun plural axes Anatomy. a central or principal structure, about which something turns or is arranged: the skeletal axis. the second cervical vertebra. 1
- noun plural axes Botany. the longitudinal support on which organs or parts are arranged; the stem and root; the central line of any body. 1
- noun plural axes Analytic Geometry. any line used as a fixed reference in conjunction with one or more other references for determining the position of a point or of a series of points forming a curve or a surface. Compare x-axis, y-axis. 1
- noun plural axes Crystallography. crystallographic axis. 1
- noun plural axes Aeronautics. any one of three lines defining the attitude of an airplane, one being generally determined by the direction of forward motion and the other two at right angles to it and to each other. 1
- noun plural axes Fine Arts. an imaginary line, in a given formal structure, about which a form, area, or plane is organized. 1
- noun plural axes an alliance of two or more nations to coordinate their foreign and military policies, and to draw in with them a group of dependent or supporting powers. 1
- noun plural axes the Axis, (in World War II) Germany, Italy, and Japan, often with Bulgaria, Hungary, and Romania. 1
- noun plural axes a principal line of development, movement, direction, etc. 1
- noun plural axes axis deer. 1
- verb with object axes to shape or trim with an ax. 1
- verb with object axes to chop, split, destroy, break open, etc., with an ax: The firemen had to ax the door to reach the fire. 1
- verb with object axes Informal. to dismiss, restrict, or destroy brutally, as if with an ax: The main office axed those in the field who didn't meet their quota. Congress axed the budget. 1
- idioms axes have an ax to grind, to have a personal or selfish motive: His interest may be sincere, but I suspect he has an ax to grind. 1
- noun axes Plural form of ax. 1
- noun axes plural of ax. 0