to ash
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6.5
- verb
- /æʃ/
:
sacudir la ceniza de
- She ashes her cigarette on the white frame of the window, tap tap tap.
- ash a cigarette
- ash a cigar
Examples
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But Quan still came every day, right about three or four o'clock: coming in quietly, leaving his sandals at the door, and then sitting in the chair by the front door where he smoked his cigarettes and ashed them in a plastic ashtray.
Fiction book (1998) -
- Sorry, I ashed on your floor.
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Then she ashed her cigarette and went back to the magazine.
Fiction book (1997) -
Ash on my cigarette!
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He just walked in one day and sat in that one spot, no longer using an ashtray he brought from the shop but instead ashing into the one the grandfather had used.
Fiction book (1998) -
He was careful to ash his cigarette into the tray to avoid littering the floor.
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While sitting on the porch, she casually ashed her cigarette and enjoyed the evening breeze.
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After each puff, he would ash the end of his cigar to keep the smoke flowing properly.
Antonyms
Compounds
- US
A North American tree with strong flexible wood used to make baskets and leaves that turn gold in autumn
- Archaic
A small bowl made from bone ash used to separate precious metals during testing
- Jargon
A hurling match between teams, named for wooden sticks called hurleys striking together
A tall European tree with dark green leaves above and pale soft leaves below
- Australian
A tall Australian tree with hard pinkish or light brown wood used for furniture
A North American tree with leaves made of several small sections and clusters of bright red berries
- US
A small ash tree with many branches that grows in dry parts of the southwestern United States and northwest Mexico
A small tree from Europe and Asia with leaves made of many small leaflets and clusters of orange-red berries
A southern Mediterranean tree with white fragrant flowers and a sweet sap used as a sweetener
- Australian
A tree with divided leaves, white spring flowers, and red or orange berries that attract birds
- Australian
A very tall Australian tree with strong wood often used for furniture and building
- US
A spreading North American tree with heavy dark wood and leaves that turn gold in autumn
- Australian
An Australian tree with leaves that have sharp teeth and thin spikes of white flowers
- Specialized
A tree that loses its leaves, has a swollen trunk base, and grows in swamps in the United States
- Specialized
A North American tree with soft young branches and lower leaf surfaces often found in wet areas
- US
A tree that loses its leaves each year with hard, light wood used for furniture and sports equipment
- Archaic
A white powder made from wood ashes that people used long ago for baking and soap making
- US
A North American swamp shrub with divided leaves and greenish-white berries that produces oil causing skin rashes
- US
A small bush or tree with sharp branches and yellow flowers with a pleasant smell in eastern North America
- US
A tree from the southern United States with light wood used for furniture and guitars
A small tree from the western coast of North America with groups of red berries
- Australian
A small to medium tree from Australia and Tasmania with smooth light-grey bark that peels in strips
- US
A North American tree with pale green or silvery leaf undersides and hard brown wood used for furniture
- Specialized
A large tree with dark lower bark and smooth white upper bark used for strong wood
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Etymology
Ash (to tap off ash) also comes from the noun ash, and it describes the small action of letting the gray powder fall away, as when you 'ash' a cigarette into an ashtray.