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Axing

/ˈæksɪŋ/

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

📖 Definitions of "Axing"

verb
  1. 1

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

    "I asked her age."

  2. 2

    To put forward (a question) to be answered.

    "to ask a question"

  3. 3

    To interrogate or enquire of (a person).

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

  4. 4

    To request or petition; usually with for.

    "to ask for a second helping at dinner"

verb
  1. 1

    To fell or chop with an axe.

  2. 2

    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
  1. 1

    To furnish with an axle.

noun
  1. 1

    An assault carried out with an axe.

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