Definition ax
Etymology 1
Noun
ax (plural axes)
- (American spelling) Alternative form of axe
Verb
ax (third-person singular simple present axes, present participle axing, simple past and past participle axed)
- (American spelling) Alternative form of axe
Etymology 2
From Old English acsian/axian, showing metathesis from ascian. Ax/aks was the regular literary form until about 1600.
Verb
ax (third-person singular simple present axes, present participle axing, simple past and past participle axed)
- (now dialectal or nonstandard, especially African American Vernacular) Alternative form of ask
- 1979, Verna Mae Slone, What My Heart Wants to Tell, Kentucky 1988, p. 18: