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Definition ash
Etymology 1
From Middle English asshe, from Old English æsce, from Proto-Germanic *ask? (compare West Frisian jiske, Dutch as, Low German Asch, German Asche, Danish aske, Swedish aska, Norwegian ask), from Proto-Indo-European *h?eHs-; see it for cognates.
The rare plural axen is from Middle English axen, axnen, from Old English axan, as?an (“ashes”) (plural of Old English axe, æs?e (“ash”)).
Noun
ash (countable and uncountable, plural ashes)
- The solid remains of a fire.
- (chemistry) The nonaqueous remains of a material subjected to any complete oxidation process.
- Fine particles from a volcano, volcanic ash.
- (in the plural) Human (or animal) remains after cremation.
- (figuratively) What remains after a catastrophe.
- A gray colour, like that of ash.
Verb
ash (third-person singular simple present ashes, present participle ashing, simple past and past participle ashed)
- (chemistry) To reduce to a residue of ash. See ashing.
- (intransitive) To hit the end off of a burning cigar or cigarette.
- (transitive) To hit the end off (a burning cigar or cigarette).
- (obsolete, mostly used in the passive) To cover newly-sown fields of crops with ashes.
Etymology 2
From Middle English asshe, from Old English æsc, from Proto-Germanic *askaz, *askiz (compare West Frisian esk, Dutch es, German Esche, Danish/Norwegian/Swedish ask), from Proto-Indo-European *Heh?s- (compare Welsh onnen, Latin ornus (“wild mountain ash”), Lithuanian úosis, Russian ?????? (jásen?), Albanian ah (“beech”), Ancient Greek ???? (oxúa, “beech”), Old Armenian ???? (hac?i)).
Noun
ash (countable and uncountable, plural ashes)
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