terminate; "The NSF axed the research program and stopped funding it"
chop or split with an ax; "axe wood"
an edge tool with a heavy bladed head mounted across a handle
CHAINSAW
portable power saw; teeth linked to form an endless chain
CHISEL
an edge tool with a flat steel blade with a cutting edge
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?"
RAZORBLADE
a blade that has very sharp edge
SAW
receive as a specified guest; "the doctor will see you now"; "The minister doesn't see anybody before noon"
imagine; conceive of; see in one's mind; "I can't see him on horseback!"; "I can see what will happen"; "I can see a risk in this strategy"
come together; "I'll probably see you at the meeting"; "How nice to see you again!"
cut with a saw; "saw wood for the fireplace"
accompany or escort; "I'll see you to the door"
go or live through; "We had many trials to go through"; "he saw action in Viet Nam"
perceive or be contemporaneous with;
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 power tool for cutting wood
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
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
cut with or as if with scissors
SHEARS
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"
shear the wool from; "shear sheep"
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"