an edge tool with a heavy bladed head mounted across a handle
terminate; "The NSF axed the research program and stopped funding it"
chop or split with an ax; "axe wood"
CHAINSAW
portable power saw; teeth linked to form an endless chain
CHISEL
carve with a chisel; "chisel the marble"
deprive somebody of something by deceit; "The con-man beat me out of $50"; "This salesman ripped us off!"; "we were cheated by their clever-sounding scheme"; "They chiseled me out of my money"
engage in deceitful behavior; practice trickery or fraud; "Who's chiseling on the side?"
an edge tool with a flat steel blade with a cutting edge
RAZORBLADE
a blade that has very sharp edge
SAW
perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight; "You have to be a good observer to see all the details"; "Can you see the bird in that tree?"; "He is blind--he cannot see"
a condensed but memorable saying embodying some important fact of experience that is taken as true by many people
see and understand, have a good eye; "The artist must first learn to see"
perceive (an idea or situation) mentally; "Now I see!"; "I just can't see your point"; "Does she realize how important this decision is?"; "I don't understand the idea"
observe, check out, and look over carefully or inspect; "The customs agent examined the baggage"; "I must see your passport before you can enter the country"
get to know or become aware of, usually accidentally; "I learned that she has two grown-up children"; "I see that you have been promoted"
see or watch; "view a show on television"; "This program will be seen all over the world"; "view an exhib
SCISSORS
cut with or as if with scissors
a gymnastic exercise performed on the pommel horse when the gymnast moves his legs as the blades of scissors move
a wrestling hold in which you wrap your legs around the opponents body or head and put your feet together and squeeze
an edge tool having two crossed pivoting blades
SHEARS
a large edge tool that cuts sheet metal by passing a blade through it
(physics) a deformation of an object in which parallel planes remain parallel but are shifted in a direction parallel to themselves; "the shear changed the quadrilateral into a parallelogram"
large scissors with strong blades
become deformed by forces tending to produce a shearing strain
cut with shears; "shear hedges"
cut or cut through with shears; "shear the wool off the lamb"