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BNC: 4713 COCA: 4577

ash

1 ash /ˈæʃ/ noun
plural ashes
1 ash
/ˈæʃ/
noun
plural ashes
Learner's definition of ASH
: the soft gray powder that remains after something (such as a cigarette or wood) has been completely burned and destroyed by fire(香烟或木头等的)灰,灰烬
[noncount]
[count]
ashes [plural] : the burned parts that remain when something is destroyed灰烬;废墟
often used figuratively常用作比喻
ashes [plural] : the remains of a dead human body after it has been burned or cremated骨灰

sackcloth and ashes

see sackcloth
compare 2ash
2 ash /ˈæʃ/ noun
plural ashes
2 ash
/ˈæʃ/
noun
plural ashes
Learner's definition of ASH
[count] : a type of tree that grows in northern parts of the world and that has thin gray bark and hard wood梣树;白蜡树
[noncount] : the hard wood of an ash tree梣木
compare 1ash
BNC: 4713 COCA: 4577

ash

1 of 3

noun (1)

1
: any of a genus (Fraxinus) of trees of the olive family with pinnate leaves, thin furrowed bark, and gray branchlets
2
: the tough elastic wood of an ash
3
[Old English æsc, name of the corresponding runic letter] : the ligature æ used in Old English and some phonetic alphabets to represent a low front vowel \a\

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ash

2 of 3

noun (2)

often attributive
1
: something that symbolizes grief, repentance, or humiliation
2
a
: the solid residue left when combustible material is thoroughly burned or is oxidized by chemical means
b
: fine particles of mineral matter from a volcanic vent
3
ashes plural : the remains of the dead human body after cremation or disintegration
4
ashes plural : deathly pallor
the lip of ashes and the cheek of flame Lord Byron
5
ashes plural : ruins
ashless adjective

ash

3 of 3

verb

ashed; ashing; ashes

transitive verb

1
technical : to convert into ash
The insoluble resid fractions are ashed at 800° C to constant weight. Joseph Haggin
2
: to remove ash residue from (something, such as a cigarette) usually by flicking or tapping
She ashed her cigarette onto a patch of dirt floor, then handed it to me. Dominic Smith
3
: to apply ash to : to coat with ashes
The rules that once governed the way the game was played had been burnt to the ground, and the earth was salted and ashed for good measure. Ani Bundel
It's a cow's milk soft cheese that's ashed on the outside. (It's kind of like a goth brie.) Erin Edwards

Word History

Etymology

Noun (1)

Middle English asshe, from Old English æsc; akin to Old High German ask ash, Latin ornus mountain ash

Noun (2)

Middle English, usually as plural asshen, askes, axen, ashes, going back to Old English axe, asce (feminine weak noun), going back to Germanic *askōn- (whence also Old Saxon asc-, in ascal "ash-colored," Old High German asca, ascha "ash," Old Norse aska) beside apparent *azgō in Gothic azgo "ash," both of uncertain origin

Note: The older handbooks see the Germanic etymon as a "root extension" of a verbal base *ā̌s- "burn," in current laryngealist terms *h1eh2s-,*h2h̥1s- "make dry through heat" ("[durch Hitze] vertrocknen" in Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben)—see etymology and note at arid. The discrepancy between West and North Germanic ask- (from *azg-?) and Gothic azg- (from *azgh-?) is variously explained. E. Seebold (Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache, 22. Auflage) regards the velar extension as a suffix of appurtenance, the ashes being in effect "what belongs to the hearth/fire." (Also of relevance would be Armenian azazim "become dry, wither," if from *h2h̥1s-gh- —see H. Martirosyan, Etymologial Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon, Brill, 2010 s.v.) Seebold sees the "ash" words with long vowels (Hittite ḫāšš- "ashes, dust," Sanskrit ā́saḥ) as parallel derivations, in this case by the employment of lengthened grade. The inconvenient Gothic word azgo is explained as the outcome of a suffixed verbal derivative *haz-d-ko- (on the verbal derivative see azalea). Departing completely from the root-extension hypotheses, G. Kroonen (Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic, Brill, 2013) sees the Germanic word as a possible compound of Indo-European *h2ed- "dry up" and *dhegwh- "burn."

Verb

derivative of ash entry 2

First Known Use

Noun (1)

before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Noun (2)

before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Verb

1655, in the meaning defined at sense 3

Time Traveler
The first known use of ash was before the 12th century
BNC: 4713 COCA: 4577
ash

noun¹

1powder that is left after sth has burned灰燼ADJECTIVE | ... OF ASH | VERB + ASH | ASH + VERB | PHRASES ADJECTIVEglowing, hot, red-hot, smouldering/smoldering發着紅光的灰燼;熱灰;熾熱的灰燼;陰燃着的灰燼the glowing ashes of the dying fire閃着紅光的餘燼cold冷灰The fire had died to cold ashes.火早已熄滅,留下一堆冷灰。fine顆粒細小的灰燼Fine ash covered the hill near the volcano.火山附近的山覆蓋上了一層細細的火山灰。grey/gray灰色的灰燼cigarette, volcanic, wood煙灰;火山灰;木炭灰... OF ASHcloud灰團A cloud of ash rose from the volcano.火山上升騰起一個灰團。VERB + ASHflick, tap (used about cigarette ash用於香煙灰) 輕彈煙灰He flicked ash into the ashtray.他把煙灰彈到煙灰缸裏。reduce sth to, turn to ashes使某物變成灰;落空a town reduced to ashes by war被戰火燒燬的村莊All her dreams had turned to ashes. (figurative) 她所有的夢想都破滅了。ASH + VERBfall灰燼落下Ash from the volcano fell over a wide area.火山灰散落的範圍非常廣。PHRASESrise from the ashes (figurative) 東山再起The party had risen from the ashes of electoral disaster.這個政黨從大選的慘敗中重新崛起。
ash

noun²

2ashes remains of a dead body骨灰VERB + ASHESscatter, spread撒骨灰His ashes were scattered on his beloved farm.他的骨灰被撒在他摯愛的農場上。bury埋骨灰

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