| hew | | |
| v. (contact) | 1. hew, hew out | make or shape as with an axe.; "hew out a path in the rock" |
| ~ carve | form by carving.; "Carve a flower from the ice" |
| ~ rough-hew, roughcast | hew roughly, without finishing the surface.; "rough-hew stone or timber" |
| v. (contact) | 2. hew | strike with an axe; cut down, strike.; "hew an oak" |
| ~ snag | hew jaggedly. |
| ~ strike | deliver a sharp blow, as with the hand, fist, or weapon.; "The teacher struck the child"; "the opponent refused to strike"; "The boxer struck the attacker dead" |
| axe | | |
| n. (artifact) | 1. ax, axe | an edge tool with a heavy bladed head mounted across a handle. |
| ~ ax handle, axe handle | the handle of an ax. |
| ~ ax head, axe head | the cutting head of an ax. |
| ~ blade | the flat part of a tool or weapon that (usually) has a cutting edge. |
| ~ broadax, broadaxe | a large ax with a broad cutting blade. |
| ~ common ax, common axe, dayton ax, dayton axe | an ax with a long handle and a head that has one cutting edge and one blunt side. |
| ~ double-bitted ax, double-bitted axe, western ax, western axe | an ax that has cutting edges on both sides of the head. |
| ~ edge tool | any cutting tool with a sharp cutting edge (as a chisel or knife or plane or gouge). |
| ~ fireman's ax, fireman's axe | an ax that has a long handle and a head with one cutting edge and a point on the other side. |
| ~ haft, helve | the handle of a weapon or tool. |
| ~ hatchet | a small ax with a short handle used with one hand (usually to chop wood). |
| ~ ice ax, ice axe, piolet | an ax used by mountain climbers for cutting footholds in ice. |
| ~ poleax, poleaxe | an ax used to slaughter cattle; has a hammer opposite the blade. |
| v. (contact) | 2. ax, axe | chop or split with an ax.; "axe wood" |
| ~ hack, chop | cut with a hacking tool. |
| v. (change) | 3. ax, axe | terminate.; "The NSF axed the research program and stopped funding it" |
| ~ terminate, end | bring to an end or halt.; "She ended their friendship when she found out that he had once been convicted of a crime"; "The attack on Poland terminated the relatively peaceful period after WW I" |
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