English Explanatory Dictionary

ash

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Solid remains of a fire.
  2. The nonaqueous remains of a material subjected to any complete oxidation process.
  3. Fine particles from a volcano, volcanic ash.
  4. Human (or animal) remains after cremation.
  5. Mortal remains in general.
  6. What remains after a catastrophe.
  7. A gray color, similar to that of the remains of a fire.
  8. The resultant remaining more stable patterns that emerge from the evolution of a soup or a similarly random pattern.
verb
  1. To reduce to a residue of ash. See ashing.
  2. To hit the end off (a burning cigar or cigarette).
  3. To mark (someone) with an ashen cross on the forehead to observe Ash Wednesday.
  4. To cover newly-sown fields of crops with ashes.
noun
  1. A shade tree of the genus Fraxinus.
  2. Any tree of certain species of other genera.
  3. The wood of this tree.
  4. The traditional name for the ae ligature (æ), as used in Old English.
noun
  1. Alternative form of aush.
adv
  1. Abbreviation of as hell or as heck.
name
  1. The Egyptian god of oases.
  2. Oisc, also spelled Æsc or Ash, an Anglo-Saxon king of Kent
  3. A topographic surname from Middle English for someone who lived near ash trees.
  4. A unisex given name transferred from the surname.
  5. A diminutive of the unisex given names Ashley or Ashleigh.
  6. A diminutive of the female given names Ashlie, Ashlee, Ashly, or Ashanti.
  7. A place name:
  8. A place in England:
  9. A civil parish in South Derbyshire district, Derbyshire.
  10. A hamlet in Stoke Fleming parish, South Hams district, Devon (OS grid ref SX8349).
  11. A hamlet in Stourpaine parish, Dorset (OS grid ref ST8610).
  12. A village and civil parish in Dover district, Kent (OS grid ref TR2858).

Pronunciation

/ˈæʃ/ [ˈæʃ] en-us-ash.ogg /æʃ/

Word forms

ash ashes ashing ashed

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂eHs-der.? Proto-Germanic *askǭ Proto-West Germanic *askā Old English æsce Middle English asshe English ash From Middle English aisshe, asche, ash, asshe, axe, eshe, esk, from Old English acse, asċe, axe, axse, æsċe, from Proto-West Germanic *askā, from Proto-Germanic *askǭ (“ash”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eHs- (“to be dry; to burn; hearth; ashes”). Cognates Cognate with Yola ashen, oaskean (“ashes”), Saterland Frisian Ääske (“ash”), West Frisian jiske (“ash”), Alemannic German Äsche (“ash”), Cimbrian èssa (“ash”), Dutch as, asch (“ash”), German Asche (“ash”), Limburgish Aïsch, Aïsche, Äsch (“ash; grayling”), Luxembourgish Äsch (“ash”), Vilamovian oś, oš (“ash”), Yiddish אַש (ash, “ash”), Danish aske (“ash”), Faroese øska (“ash, ashes”), Icelandic and Swedish aska (“ash”), Norwegian Bokmål aske (“ash”), Norwegian Nynorsk oske (“ash”), Gothic 𐌰𐌶𐌲𐍉 (azgō, “ash; cinder”); Breton and Cornish ster (“stars”), Welsh sêr (“stars”), Latin āreō (“to be dry or parched; to be dried up or withered”), Greek αστέρας (astéras), αστέρι (astéri), άστρο (ástro, “star”), Armenian աստուճ (astuč), աշտուճ (aštuč, “dry (of bread)”), Avestan 𐬯𐬙𐬀𐬭 (star, “star”), Baluchi استار (astár / istár), استال (istál, “star”), Central Kurdish ئەستێرە (estêre, “star”), Northern Kurdish stêr (“star”), Ossetian стъалы (st’aly, “star”), Pashto ستوری (stóray, “star”), Persian سِتَارَه (setāra / sitâre, “star; destiny, fate; spark”), Hittite 𒄩𒀸𒊭𒀀𒀸 (ḫa-aš-ša-a-aš, “fireplace, hearth”), Ashkun istã́ (“star”), Tocharian A āştär (“pure”), Tocharian B astare (“pure”), Sanskrit आस (āsa, “ashes; dust”). The rare plural axen is from Middle English axen, axnen, from Old English axan, asċan (“ashes”) (plural of Old English axe, æsċe (“ash”)).

Synonyms

cremains ash tree asf asl

Related words

æsc æsh Yggdrasil cinerary

Derived words

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