| inglés > español | |
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| axe | |
| 1. s. Hacha. | |
| 2. Hachar, hachear. | |
| inglés > inglés | |
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| axe | |
| 1. s. 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. |  |
| 2. s. An ancient weapon consisting of a head that has one or two blades and a long handle. | |
| 3. s. (informal) A dismissal or rejection. | |
| His girlfriend/boss/schoolmaster gave him the axe. | |
| 4. s. (slang) A gigging musician's particular instrument, especially a guitar in rock music or a saxophone in jazz. | |
| 5. s. (finance) A position, interest, or reason in buying and selling stock, often with ulterior motives., Risk magazine | |
| A financial dealer has an axe in a stock that his buyers don't know about, giving him an advantage in making the most profit. | |
| 6. v. To fell or chop with an axe. | |
| 7. v. To lay off, terminate or drastically reduce, especially in a rough or ruthless manner. | |
| The government announced its plans to axe public spending. | |
| The broadcaster axed the series because far fewer people than expected watched it. | |
| He got axed in the last round of firings. | |
| 8. s. (archaic) The axle of a wheel. | |
| 9. v. To furnish with an axle. | |
| 10. v. (now obsolete, outside, dialects, especially, AAVE) alternative form of ask | |
| español > inglés | |
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| hacha | |
| 1. n-f. axe, hatchet (tool for felling trees or chopping wood) | |
| 2. n-f. (colloquial) ace, wizard (someone who is especially skilled or unusually talented in a particular field) | |
| 3. n-f. a kind of torch or large candle (often with four sticks) | |
| 4. n-f. a kind of wick or fuse (often made with esparto grass and tar), which does not go out easily in the wind | |
| 5. n-f. bundle of straw tied up like a strip and often used to help cover huts or other field constructions | |
