axeing

Verb (1)

axe (third-person singular simple present axes, present participle axing or axeing, simple past and past participle axed)

1. (transitive) To fell or chop with an axe.
2. (figuratively, transitive) To lay off, terminate or drastically reduce, especially in a rough or ruthless manner; to cancel.
   • The government announced its plans to axe public spending.

   Synonyms:

   downsize, fire, lay off, can, decruit, dehire, discard, remove, discharge, dismiss

Verb (2)

axe (third-person singular simple present axes, present participle axing, simple past and past participle axed)

1. To furnish with an axle.

See all 12 meanings of axe

Noun

axing (countable and uncountable, plural axings)

1. An assault carried out with an axe.
   • The sagas have more than their share of axings in the back, killings encompassed by treachery and trickery, narrated without accompanying moralizations.2009, William Ian Miller, Bloodtaking and Peacemaking
2. (figuratively) The process of something being axed or terminated.