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axing

/ˈæksɪŋ/
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verb

  • To request (information, or an answer to a question).

    "I asked her age."

  • To put forward (a question) to be answered.

    "to ask a question"

  • To interrogate or enquire of (a person).

    "I'm going to ask this lady for directions."

  • To request or petition; usually with for.

    "to ask for a second helping at dinner"

  • To request permission to do something.

    "Did you ask to use the car?"

  • To require, demand, claim, or expect, whether by way of remuneration or return, or as a matter of necessity.

    "What price are you asking for the house?"

  • To invite.

    "Don't ask them to the wedding."

  • To publish in church for marriage; said of both the banns and the persons.
  • To take (a person's situation) as an example.

verb

  • To fell or chop with an axe.
  • To lay off, terminate or drastically reduce, especially in a rough or ruthless manner; to cancel.

    "He got axed in the last round of firings."

verb

  • To furnish with an axle.

noun

  • An assault carried out with an axe.

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