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DictionaryEnglish - Myanmar
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axe

/aks/

US pronunciation
American sound/aks/
axe
Syllables
1 syllable
Stress
One strong syllable
Vowel
IPA vowel pattern
Ending
Final e often stays silent

US voice -> axe

Myanmar meaning

(n) ပုဆိန်။ (v) ဖယ်ရှားသည်။ အလုပ်မှ ထုတ်ပယ် သည်။ အသုံးစရိတ်၊ ဝန်ဆောင်စရိတ်ကို သိသိသာသာ ဖြတ်တောက်သည်။

Full entry

axe (US also ax) /æks/ n

၁။ [C] ပုဆိန်။ A man burst in wielding an axe.
၂။ the axe [sing] လုံးဝ ဖြတ်တောက်ခြင်း။ လျှော့ချခြင်း။ Community arts projects are facing the axe (ie may not receive any more money). ❍ Clerical and office workers will not escape the axe.
(also esp US ax) v
၁။ ဖယ်ရှားသည်။ အလုပ်မှ ထုတ်ပယ် သည်။ He/ His job has been axed.
၂။ အသုံးစရိတ်၊ ဝန်ဆောင်မှု စသည်တို့ကို သိသိသာသာ ဖြတ်တောက်သည်။ School grants are to be axed next year.
❏ have an axe to grind [IDM ] (မလိုမုန်းထားမှု၊ ကိုယ်ကျိုး ရလိုမှုစသည်အရ) အကြောင်းရှိသည်။ She had no particular axe to grind and was only acting out of concern for their safety.

More examples
  • Two schools face the axe.
  • [give someone/something the axe] : The minister was given the axe in the ‘cash for influence’ scandal.
Synonyms
knife, machete, blade, abort, adz, ammunition, anlace, annihilate, annul, arbalest, archery, arm, armament, arrow, assegai, atlatl, ax, backsword, ballista, banderilla, barong, bat, baton, battle-ax, bayonet, bazooka, billy club, blackjack, blot out, blowgun, bludgeon, bomb, boomerang, boot, bounce, bow and arrow, bowie knife, brass knuckles, break down, butcher, can, cancel, cannon, carve, catapult, chip, chop, chopper, cleave, cleaver, clip, club, consume, cream, crossbow, crush, cube, cudgel, cut, cut back, cut down, cutlass, cutting instrument, dagger, damage, dart, deface, demolish, desolate, despoil, devastate, dice, dicer, dirk, discharge, dismantle, dispatch, dispense with, divide, eliminate, end, eradicate, erase, exterminate, extinguish, extirpate, fashion, fell, fire, firearm, flamethrower, foe, fragment, get rid of, give a pink slip, give the boot, gun, gut, hack, hackle, harpoon, hash, hatchet, hew, hold, howitzer, hunting knife, impair, kick out, kill, lance, lay off, lay waste, level, liquidate, lop, machine gun, maim, mangle, mar, maraud, meat ax, mince, mincer, missile, molar, musket, mutilate, nerve gas, nuclear bomb, nuke, nullify, nunchaku, overturn, pistol, prune, quash, quell, ravage, ravish, raze, remove, revolver, rifle, river, ruin, saber, sabotage, sack, scythe, sever, shape, shatter, shear, shotgun, slash, slay, slingshot, smash, snuff out
Antonyms
aid, assist, bear, begin, build, construct, create, fix, give birth, help, hire, improve, join, keep, lengthen, lose, mend, preserve, repair, restore, retain, save, start, unite, validate
Cross references
knifemachetebladeabortadzammunitionanlaceannihilateannularbalestarcheryarmarmamentarrowassegaiatlatlaxbackswordballistabanderillabarongbatbatonbattle-axbayonetbazookabilly clubblackjack
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