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adze en · NOUN

Pronunciation

Etymology

From Middle English adse, adese, from Old English adesa, eadesa (compare the oldest forms: adosa, adosan), assumed from Proto-Germanic *adisô, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃edʰḗs (compare Hittite [script needed] (atešša, “axe, hatchet”)).

Meanings

  1. A cutting tool that has a curved blade set at a right angle to the handle and is used in shaping wood.
    • ...if I wanted a board, I had no other way but to cut down a tree, set it on an edge before me, and hew it flat on either side with my axe, till I brought it to be thin as a plank, and then dub it smooth with my adze. 1719, Daniel Defoe, Robinson Crusoe:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
adz US, alternative lexicographic
adzes Number=Plur lexicographic

Deriveds

adzework · adzer · adzelike · adzebill · hand-adze · adze hoe · adze-eye hammer

Relateds

axe · mattock

Translations (83)

es azuela (cutting tool) · dmw bama (cutting tool) · sq sqepar (cutting tool) · be цясла́ (cutting tool) · uk тесло́ (cutting tool) · fr herminette (cutting tool) · ota كسر (cutting tool) · de Dechsel (cutting tool) · ru де́ксель (cutting tool) · bg тесла́ (cutting tool) · cs skoble (cutting tool) · apq wolo (cutting tool) · sh brȁdva (cutting tool) · sw tezo (cutting tool) · eo adzo (cutting tool) · sv skarvyxa (cutting tool) · pl ciosła (cutting tool) · ota فاس (cutting tool) · sh bradvica (cutting tool) · sh teslica (cutting tool) · hu bárd (cutting tool) · az kərki (cutting tool) · pl cieślica (cutting tool) · cmn 錛子 /锛子 (cutting tool) · fi talso (cutting tool) · es achuela (cutting tool) · te బాడిస (cutting tool) · nl dissel (cutting tool) · it ascia (cutting tool) · crh teslice (cutting tool) · id beliung (cutting tool) · tl daras (cutting tool) · grc σκέπαρνον (cutting tool) · es zuela (cutting tool) · sh бра̏два (cutting tool) · pt enxó (cutting tool) · ro teslă (cutting tool) · ca aixa (cutting tool) · fi kourukirves (cutting tool) · mn ооль (cutting tool) · gl aixola (cutting tool) · mk бра́два (cutting tool) · cy neddyf (cutting tool) · mww piab (cutting tool) · sga tál (cutting tool) · es aja (cutting tool) · hu ácsbárd (cutting tool) · ga tál (cutting tool) · th ขวานถากไม้ (cutting tool) · sv däxel (cutting tool) · fa تیشه (cutting tool) · ru тесло́ (cutting tool) · as চাঁচ (cutting tool) · tl pandaras (cutting tool) · fi koverokirves (cutting tool) · tr keser (cutting tool) · sh брадвица (cutting tool) · tr kerki (cutting tool) · aci olo (cutting tool) · el σκεπάρνι (cutting tool) · ka სათლელი (cutting tool) · ms beliung (cutting tool) · de Queraxt (cutting tool) · hy ուրագ (cutting tool) · ko 까뀌 (cutting tool) · abj wolo (cutting tool) · ug كەكە (cutting tool) · cs teslice (cutting tool) · pl ciesak (cutting tool) · cmn 錛頭 /锛头 (cutting tool) · sh теслица (cutting tool) · mk те́сла (cutting tool) · cs tesla (cutting tool) · ja(cutting tool) · sh tȅsla (cutting tool) · fi telso (cutting tool) · sh те̏сла (cutting tool) · th ผึ่ง (cutting tool) · pl cioska (cutting tool) · pl topór ciesielski (cutting tool) · akx wo (cutting tool) · ar قَدُوم (cutting tool) · he מַעֲצָד (cutting tool)

adze en · VERB

Pronunciation

Etymology

From Middle English adse, adese, from Old English adesa, eadesa (compare the oldest forms: adosa, adosan), assumed from Proto-Germanic *adisô, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃edʰḗs (compare Hittite [script needed] (atešša, “axe, hatchet”)).

Meanings

  1. To shape a material using an adze.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
adzes Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
adz US, alternative lexicographic
adzed Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
adzed Tense=Past lexicographic
adzing Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic

Deriveds

unadzed

Translations (5)

ru теса́ть (to shape material with an adze) · fi veistää koverokirveellä (to shape material with an adze) · ka გათლა (to shape material with an adze) · az yonmaq (to shape material with an adze) · sv tillyxa (to shape material with an adze)