axes

¹

[ ak-seez ]

noun

1. plural of axis ¹.

axes

²

[ ak-siz ]

noun

1. plural of ax or axe.

axes

¹

/ ˈæksiːz /

noun

1. See axis
   the plural of axis 1

axes

²

/ ˈæksɪz /

noun

1. See axe
   the plural of axe

Example Sentences

At Studio Stagetti, I shot a man with more picks and axes than I have ever seen outside an arctic expedition.

From The Daily Beast

He kept a series of lamps, some with medieval design, on the floor and axes and swords around the room.

From The Daily Beast

Egypt is now split along at least four major axes that interrelate in very complex and unstable ways.

From The Daily Beast

Using those two axes, you gain a broad view but also one that has depth.

From The Daily Beast

She axes the terrible contestants while still soothing them, flashing that sweet J.Lo smile, for the sake of our entertainment.

From The Daily Beast

They struck hard blows with their stone axes, which the animals learned to fear.

From Project Gutenberg

Those behind pressed forward, only to bite the dust, like their comrades, under the spears and axes of the Scots.

From Project Gutenberg

Tom took one of the axes and chopped a small hole in the top of the cave, some distance above the door.

From Project Gutenberg

Almost at the same moment two devils leaped from the ground and with their axes struck Granville and his sister from behind.

From Project Gutenberg

I encountered no Indians, although axes and knives 347 on the ground showed where they had been stationed before retiring.

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