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See also:Ash,äsh,'ash,andʼash-

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Etymology

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Abbreviation ofEnglishAbishira.

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ash

  1. (international standards)ISO 639-3language code forAbishira.

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English

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Volcanic ash dunes in Papua New Guinea
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Etymology 1

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Proto-Indo-European*h₂eHs-der.?
Proto-West Germanic*askā
Old Englishæsce
Middle Englishasshe
Englishash

    FromMiddle Englishasshe, fromOld Englishæsċe, fromProto-West Germanic*askā, fromProto-Germanic*askǭ (compareWest Frisianjiske,Dutchas,Low GermanAsch,GermanAsche,Danishaske,Swedishaska,Norwegianaske), fromProto-Indo-European*h₂eHs-; see it for cognates.

    The rare pluralaxen is fromMiddle Englishaxen,axnen, fromOld Englishaxan,asċan(“ashes”) (plural ofOld Englishaxe,æsċe(“ash”)).

    Noun

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    ash (countable anduncountable,pluralashes)

    1. Solid remains of afire.
      The audience was more captivated by the growingash at the end of his cigarette than by his words.
      Ash from a fireplace can restore minerals to your garden's soil.
      Ashes from the fire floated over the street.
      Ash from the fire floated over the street.
      The family collected theashes after burning the body.
    2. (chemistry) Thenonaqueous remains of a material subjected to any completeoxidation process.
    3. Fine particles from a volcano, volcanic ash.
    4. (in theplural) Human (or animal) remains after cremation.
      The urn containing hisashes was eventually removed to a closet.
    5. (archaic, in theplural) Mortal remains in general.
      Napoleon’sashes are not yet extinguished, and we’re breathing in their sparks.
    6. (figuratively) Whatremains after acatastrophe.
      • 2010 May 6, Jean-Claude Laguerre, “Haiti Will Rise From theAshes”, inThe Epoch Times:
        Now, it's Haiti that needs help to rebuild and rise from theashes [of an earthquake].
    7. Agraycolor, similar to that of the remains of a fire.
      ash: 
    8. (cellular automata) Theresultant remaining more stablepatterns thatemerge from the evolution of asoup or a similarly random pattern.
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    solid remains of a fire

    Verb

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    ash (third-person singular simple presentashes,present participleashing,simple past and past participleashed)

    1. (ambitransitive, chemistry) Toreduce to aresidue of ash. Seeashing.
      • 1919, Harry Gordon,Total Soluble and Insoluble Ash in Leather, published in theJournal of the American Leather Chemists Association, W. K. Alsop and W. A. Fox, eds, volume XIV, number 1, on page 253
        I dried the extracted leather very slowly on the steam bath […] until the substance was dry enough toash. […] I think that the discrepancy in the percentages of "total ash" by method No. 2 and No. 6 is due to this excessive heat required toash the leather […]
      • 1981, Hans Weill, Margaret Turner-Warwick, and Claude Lenfant, eds,Occupational Lung Diseases: Research Approaches and Methods,Lung Biology in Health and disease, volume 18, page 203
        The inorganic material left afterashing lung tissue specimens not only contains inhaled particles but also very large quantities of inorganic residue derived from the tissue itself.
      • 1989?,Annals of Botany, volume 64, issues 4-6, page 397
        Ash and silica contents of the plant material were determined by classicalgravimetric techniques. Tissue samples wereashed in platinum crucibles at about 500 °C, and the ash was treated repeatedly with 6 N hydrochloric acid to remove other mineral impurities.
      • 2010, S. Suzanne Nielsen, ed,Food Analysis, fourth edition,→ISBN, Chapter 12, "Traditional Methods for Mineral Analysis", page 213
        A 10-g food sample was dried, thenashed, and analyzed for salt (NaCl) content by the Mohr titration method (AgNO3 + Cl → AgCl). The weight of the dried sample was 2g, and the ashed sample weight was 0.5g.
    2. (Australia, ambitransitive) To hit the end off (a burningcigar orcigarette).
      • 1936,F.J. Thwaites,The Redemption, Sydney: H. John Edwards Publishing, published1940, page62:
        "Nonsense," Mrs. Gardiner challenged,ashing her cigarette.
      • 1961,Kenneth Cook,Wake in Fright, published1988, pageii. 52:
        He realized that he was standing staring at her and he sat down quickly, making a business ofashing his cigarette.
      • 1978,C.J. Koch,The Year of Living Dangerously, published1986, page35:
        Hamiltonashed his cigar, and studied the end of it for some moments without speaking.
      • 2000,Zadie Smith,White Teeth, London: Penguin Books, published2001,→ISBN,page242:
        ‘He’s right, you know,’ said Archie earnestly,ashing a fag in an empty curry bowl.
    3. (transitive, Christianity, chiefly passive voice) To mark (someone) with anashencross on theforehead to observeAsh Wednesday.
    4. (obsolete, chiefly passive voice) To cover newly-sown fields of crops with ashes.
      • 1847, H.,Ashes on Corn.---An Experiment, published in theGenesee Farmer, volume 8, page 281
        Last spring, after I planted, I took what ashes I have saved during the last year, and put on my corn […] . On harvesting I cut up the two rows which were notashed (or twenty rods of them,) and set them apart from the others in stouts; and then I cut up two rows of the same length, on each side, which had beenashed, […]
      • 1849, in a letter to James Higgins, published in 1850 inThe American Farmer, volume V, number 7, pages 227-8
        After the corn was planted, upon acre A, I spread broadcast one hundred bushels of lime, (cost $3) and fifty bushels of ashes, (cost $6.) […] The extra crop of the combination over the limed acre orashed, was paid by the increased crop, […]
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    to reduce to a residue of ash
    to hit the end off of a burning cigar or cigarette
    to mark with an ashen cross to observe Ash Wednesday
    to cover newly-sown fields of crops with ashes

    Etymology 2

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    Anash tree in Dorset, England

    FromMiddle Englishasshe, fromOld Englishæsċ, fromProto-Germanic*askaz,*askiz (compareWest Frisianesk,Dutches,GermanEsche, Danish/Norwegian/Swedishask), fromProto-Indo-European*Heh₃s- (compareWelshonnen,Latinornus(“wild mountain ash”),Lithuanianúosis,Russianя́сень(jásenʹ),Albanianah(“beech”),Ancient Greekὀξύα(oxúa,“beech”),Old Armenianհացի(hacʻi)).

    Noun

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    ash (countable anduncountable,pluralashes)

    2. (countable, uncountable) A shadetree of the genusFraxinus.
      Synonym:ash tree
      Theash trees are dying off due to emeraldash borer.
      The woods planted inash will see a different mix of species.
    3. (countable, uncountable) Anytree of certain species of other genera.
    4. (uncountable) The wood of this tree.
    6. The traditional name for the aeligature (æ), as used inOld English.
      Alternative forms:æsc,æsh
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    tree—seeash tree
    wood
    ae ligature
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    Etymology 3

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    Transliteration ofPersianآش.

    Noun

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    ash (uncountable)

    1. Alternative form ofaush.

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    ash (notcomparable)

    1. (Internetslang, text messaging)Abbreviation ofas hell oras heck.
      Synonyms:asf(“as fuck”),asl(“as hell”)

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    Noun

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    ash

    1. alternative form ofasshe(“burnt matter”)
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