ash
To reduce to a residue of ashTo reduce to a residue of ash. See ashing.
» Our school was reduced to ashes.
Наша школа сгорела дотла. — shanghainese
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4 senses(ambitransitive)To reduce to a residue of ash. See ashing.
veraschen
(Australia, ambitransitive)To hit the end off (a burning cigar or cigarette).
abaschen, aschen
(transitive)To mark (someone) with an ashen cross on the forehead to observe Ash Wednesday.
(obsolete)To cover newly-sown fields of crops with ashes.
- convert into ashes
Examples
139 sentencesOur school was reduced to ashes.
ruНаша школа сгорела дотла. — shanghainese
The castle was burned to ashes.
ruЗамок сгорел дотла. — marafon
Our village was reduced to ashes.
ruНашу деревню сожгли дотла. — odexed
The building was reduced to ashes.
The old house was burned to ashes.
ruСтарый дом сожгли дотла. — Wezel
Translations
2 languagesBy meaning 2
Origin
From Middle English aisshe, asche, ash, asshe, axe, eshe, esk, from Old English acse, asċeFrom 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”).
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Forms
ashes, ashing, ashed, ashedLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.