Definition for Axes:

• The straight line, real or imaginary, round which a body revolves; a straight line in a plain figure, about which it revolves to produce a solid; a right line dividing the section into two equal parts, and cutting all its ordinates at right angles; the second vertebra of the neck, with an upward process on which the atlas turns; the central part or column of a plant, around which the other parts are disposed; a particular ray of light from any object falling perpendicularly on the eye, called also the optic or visual axis. The axis of a balance, that line about which it turns; The axis of oscillation, a right line parallel to the horizon, about which a pendulum vibrates; the axis in peritrachio, or wheel and axis, one of the mechanical powers, consisting of a wheel concentric with a cylindrical axis, with which it revolves.

Synonyms for Axes:

• n.

  •punishment devices (noun)
  • Pillories,
  • gas chambers,
  • racks,
  • cowhides,
  • jails,
  • gibbets,
  • whips,
  • rawhides,
  • thongs,
  • stakes,
  • maidens,
  • gallows,
  • thumbscrews,
  • captivities,
  • whipping posts,
  • scaffolds,
  • bull whips,
  • iron,
  • blocks,
  • nooses,
  • birch rods,
  • ropes,
  • switches,
  • Canes,
  • guillotines,
  • electric chairs,
  • torture chambers,
  • rods,
  • lashes,
  • Prisons,
  • straps,
  • solitary confinements,
  • truncheons,
  • stocks.
  •tools (noun)
  • picks,
  • bow saws,
  • tools,
  • spanners,
  • keyhole saws,
  • miter boxes,
  • pickaxes,
  • drill presses,
  • pliers,
  • pipe wrenches,
  • wedges,
  • gouges,
  • claw hammers,
  • shovels,
  • ball-peen hammers,
  • awls,
  • files,
  • spoke shaves,
  • arc welders,
  • vises,
  • calipers,
  • trowels,
  • circular saws,
  • scythes,
  • monkey wrenches,
  • welders,
  • crowbars,
  • hacksaws,
  • tin snips,
  • coping saws,
  • sledgehammers,
  • planes,
  • shears,
  • ripsaws,
  • edgers,
  • lug wrenches,
  • cold chisels,
  • jointers,
  • hoes,
  • punches,
  • screwdrivers,
  • lathes,
  • Drills,
  • emery wheels,
  • scissors,
  • tire irons,
  • posthole augers,
  • hedge trimmers,
  • back saws,
  • mallets,
  • squares,
  • hammers,
  • levels,
  • grindstones,
  • chisels,
  • table saws,
  • wrecking bars,
  • jigsaws,
  • wrenches,
  • augers,
  • bench drills,
  • scroll saws,
  • buzz saws,
  • saws,
  • chain saws,
  • radial arm saws,
  • planers,
  • handsaws,
  • sickles,
  • staplers,
  • crosscut saws,
  • jackknives,
  • grapnels,
  • snips,
  • band saws,
  • spades,
  • hatchets.
  •weapons (noun)
  • bows and arrows,
  • armaments,
  • carbines,
  • lances,
  • rockets,
  • muskets,
  • bullets,
  • artilleries,
  • bayonets,
  • maces,
  • weapons,
  • bombers,
  • Winchesters,
  • peashooters,
  • Firearms,
  • arrows,
  • missiles,
  • claymores,
  • repeaters,
  • clubs,
  • javelins,
  • blunderbusses,
  • pistols,
  • Shotguns,
  • Remingtons,
  • rapiers,
  • boomerangs,
  • machetes,
  • howitzers,
  • Batteries,
  • pieces,
  • handguns,
  • flamethrowers,
  • Cutlasses,
  • ordnances,
  • lugers,
  • shells,
  • stilettoes,
  • Torpedoes,
  • Cannons,
  • machine guns,
  • revolvers,
  • Guns,
  • swords,
  • heaters,
  • sabers,
  • weaponry,
  • muzzles,
  • broadswords,
  • bazookas,
  • ammunitions,
  • Rifles,
  • Sidewinders,
  • blowpipes,
  • mortars,
  • scimitars,
  • Brownings,
  • triggers,
  • Spears,
  • Colts,
  • shooters,
  • blowguns,
  • Knives,
  • daggers.

• v.

  •halves (verb)
  • Branches,
  • slits,
  • fissures,
  • forks,
  • bifurcates,
  • tears,
  • Ruptures.
  •separates (verb)
  • pares,
  • separates,
  • divides,
  • detaches,
  • cleaves,
  • uncouples,
  • rends,
  • cuts,
  • rips,
  • Divorces,
  • fragments,
  • severs,
  • amputates,
  • disconnects,
  • estranges,
  • unhinges,
  • splits,
  • disjoins,
  • disassociates,
  • unglues,
  • dismantles,
  • sunders,
  • segregates,
  • Halves,
  • incises,
  • slices,
  • breaks,
  • bisects,
  • excises,
  • insulates,
  • dissects,
  • disengages,
  • removes,
  • dissociates,
  • unfixes,
  • disaffiliates,
  • disarticulates,
  • disintegrates,
  • disassembles,
  • parts,
  • alienates,
  • disunites.

• Other synonyms:

  •n.
  • crosswise.
  •Other relevant words:
  • across,
  • aeroplane,
  • agate line,
  • air,
  • airplane,
  • ancestry,
  • angle of dip,
  • angle of inclination,
  • arbour,
  • argument,
  • argumentation,
  • arms,
  • assembly line,
  • atomic number 26,
  • axis of rotation,
  • axis vertebra,
  • bank line,
  • bet,
  • billet,
  • blood,
  • blood line,
  • bloodline,
  • border,
  • bower,
  • branding iron,
  • business,
  • business line,
  • cable,
  • carpenter's plane,
  • cerebral hemisphere,
  • channel,
  • circuit,
  • client,
  • communication channel,
  • contrast,
  • course,
  • crease,
  • credit line,
  • crinkle,
  • crossways,
  • crying,
  • delineate,
  • demarcation,
  • department,
  • descent,
  • describe,
  • diam,
  • dip,
  • disposition,
  • dividing line,
  • division,
  • draw,
  • english,
  • face,
  • fe,
  • fish,
  • flat,
  • furrow,
  • guest,
  • implements of war,
  • incision,
  • inclination of an orbit,
  • incline,
  • inclining,
  • iron out,
  • job,
  • knob,
  • lean,
  • leaning,
  • level,
  • line of business,
  • line of credit,
  • line of descent,
  • line of merchandise,
  • line of products,
  • line of reasoning,
  • line of work,
  • lineage,
  • list,
  • logical argument,
  • lymph gland,
  • lymph node,
  • magnetic dip,
  • magnetic inclination,
  • mandrel,
  • mandril,
  • margin,
  • melodic line,
  • melodic phrase,
  • melody,
  • munition,
  • note,
  • occupation,
  • origin,
  • pair of pliers,
  • pair of scissors,
  • parentage,
  • part,
  • pedigree,
  • pergola,
  • personal credit line,
  • personal line of credit,
  • phone line,
  • pipeline,
  • plane section,
  • planer,
  • plyers,
  • position,
  • press,
  • product line,
  • production line,
  • quarter-circle,
  • rail line,
  • railway line,
  • run along,
  • scissor grip,
  • scissors grip,
  • scissors hold,
  • seam,
  • segment,
  • shave,
  • sheet,
  • short letter,
  • side of meat,
  • skim,
  • slope,
  • smoothing iron,
  • spindle,
  • spoke,
  • stake,
  • stock,
  • strain,
  • subdivision,
  • surgical incision,
  • telephone line,
  • tendency,
  • thickening,
  • tilt,
  • tinsnips,
  • tip,
  • trace,
  • transmission line,
  • tune,
  • wager,
  • weapons system,
  • weeping,
  • weight,
  • woodworking plane,
  • wrinkle,
  • telephone circuit,
  • subscriber line,
  • stemma,
  • slant,
  • discussion section,
  • wheel spoke,
  • leaf node,
  • scissor hold,
  • cast-iron.

Paraphrases for Axes:

• Reverse Entailment

  • Proper noun, singular
    axle, axles.
  • Noun, plural
    axles.

• Independent

  • Proper noun, plural
    priorities, courses, Areas, shafts.
  • Proper noun, singular
    cylinders, directions, Areas, research, shaft, shafts, thrust, focus, route, fires, edge, cut.
  • Noun, plural
    Axils, essentials, wallcharts, attention, cornerstones, purposes, dimensions, principles, perspectives, ingredients, provisions, extremes, Criteria, strategies, channels, priorities, ways, challenges, Opportunities, Categories, issues, constituents, beware, elements, objectives, graphics, targets, headings, threads, means, components, graphs, domains, shoulders, parts, motorways, careful, material, materials, Textbooks, benchmarks, Guidelines, bones, centers, programmes, aspects, features, planks, magnets, spheres, aims, politics, approaches, fields, corridors, graphic, places, Arteries, clusters, networks, charts, roads, streams, tasks, courses, Goals, solitudes, thrusts, levels, Paths, centres, equipment, highways, Policies, sections, Focuses, avenues, Tracks, sectors, topics, points, strands, pivots, Visions, trends, cores, themes, fronts, tenets, poles, links, NODES, routes, types, items, hubs, sets, Bases, pillars, cylinders, directions, Areas, shaft, shafts, rods.
  • Verb, 3rd person singular present
    dismisses, deposes, sacks, ousts, Focuses, shafts, fires.

• Other Related

  • Proper noun, singular
    axis, pillars, rod, rods.
  • Noun, plural
    Orientations, spindles, axis.

Axes Sentence Examples:

• All day the men who were too weak to swing axes sat listless on the bank, watching in vain for some sight of the Willing.

• Many men had axes on their hips.

Homophones for Axes:

• aguish, access, accho, aku, akko, ashy, assize, aec, ache, accuse, ace, axis, Ajax, acacia, asch, ackee, ascus, az, Agee, ague, Aggeus, ak, ajaia, auxesis, akha, aga, azygos, ag, acquiesce, Augeas, a-okay, achy, asio, assess, aqueous, ash cake, accoucheuse, ac, askew, agha, aweigh, ax, ask, agassiz, azoic, as such, azygous, ago, ash, asia, akee, as we say, aussie, assay, aas, awash, akka, agio, agaze, ashcake, aizoaceae, assizes, au jus, aqua, ACC, aegis, Asahikawa, ack-ack, a.k.a., a-ok, agua, AUC, ass, agog, Assessee, ascesis, ashe, ash-key, ascii, awake, as, aix, azo, ajuga, assagai, auk, assuage, asea, age, Ajaia Ajaja, assegai, aug.