Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to axe
Participle: axed
Gerund: axing
Indicative
Present
| I | axe |
| you | axe |
| he;she;it | axes |
| we | axe |
| you | axe |
| they | axe |
Perfect
| I | have axed |
| you | have axed |
| he;she;it | has axed |
| we | have axed |
| you | have axed |
| they | have axed |
Past
| I | axed |
| you | axed |
| he;she;it | axed |
| we | axed |
| you | axed |
| they | axed |
Pluperfect
| I | had axed |
| you | had axed |
| he;she;it | had axed |
| we | had axed |
| you | had axed |
| they | had axed |
Future
| I | will axe |
| you | will axe |
| he;she;it | will axe |
| we | will axe |
| you | will axe |
| they | will axe |
Future Perfect
| I | will have axed |
| you | will have axed |
| he;she;it | will have axed |
| we | will have axed |
| you | will have axed |
| they | will have axed |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | axe |
| you | axe |
| he;she;it | axe |
| we | axe |
| you | axe |
| they | axe |
Perfect
| I | have axed |
| you | have axed |
| he;she;it | have axed |
| we | have axed |
| you | have axed |
| they | have axed |
Imperfect
| I | axed |
| you | axed |
| he;she;it | axed |
| we | axed |
| you | axed |
| they | axed |
Pluperfect
| I | had axed |
| you | had axed |
| he;she;it | had axed |
| we | had axed |
| you | had axed |
| they | had axed |
Conditional
Present
| I | would axe |
| you | would axe |
| he;she;it | would axe |
| we | would axe |
| you | would axe |
| they | would axe |
Perfect
| I | would have axed |
| you | would have axed |
| he;she;it | would have axed |
| we | would have axed |
| you | would have axed |
| they | would have axed |
Imperative
| you | axe |
| we | Let's axe |
| you | axe |
Verbs conjugated like 'axe'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'axe'
ace,
age,
ape,
awe,
ax,
aah,
ab,
abet,
able,
ache,
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From Middle English ax, axe, ex, from Old English æx (“axe”), from Proto-West Germanic *akusi (“axe”), from Proto-Germanic *akwisī (“axe”), probably from a Proto-Indo-European *h₂egʷsih₂ (“axe”), from *h₂eḱ- (“sharp, pointed”). Cognate with Scots aix (“axe”), Dutch aks (“axe”), German Axt (“axe”), Danish økse (“axe”), Faroese, Norwegian Bokmål, and Norwegian Nynorsk øks (“axe”), Icelandic öxi (“axe”), Swedish yxa (“axe”), Latin ascia (“axe, mason's trowel”). See: Danish '
økse', Swedish '
yxa'.
Sample Sentences
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The government announced its plans to axe public spending.
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The broadcaster axed the series because far fewer people than expected watched it.
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He got axed in the last round of firings.
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On Wednesday, GSMA, which organises the congress, was forced to admit it would have to axe this year’s event after more than 40 companies pulled out citing health and safety concerns. [2020 February 12, Mark Sweney, “Mobile World Congress axed after firms quit over coronavirus fears”, in The Guardian:]
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The Department for Transport axed TfL's central grant in 2015, when Boris Johnson was London mayor. [2020 June 17, Philip Haigh, “Capital for the capital to meet London's transport needs”, in Rail, page 28:]