Bash vs. Ash
Bashverb
To strike heavily.
‘He bashed himself against the door.’; ‘The thugs kept bashing the cowering victim.’;
Ashnoun
The solid remains of a fire.
‘The audience was more captivated by the growing ash 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.’;
Bashverb
To collide.
‘Don't bash into me with that shopping trolley.’;
Ashnoun
(chemistry) The nonaqueous remains of a material subjected to any complete oxidation process.
Bashverb
To criticize harshly.
‘He bashed my ideas.’;
Ashnoun
Fine particles from a volcano, volcanic ash.
Bashverb
To masturbate.
‘He said that he bashes daily.’;
Ashnoun
(in the plural) Human (or animal) remains after cremation.
‘The urn containing his ashes was eventually removed to a closet.’;
Bashverb
To abash; to disconcert or be disconcerted or put out of countenance.
Ashnoun
(figuratively) What remains after a catastrophe.
Bashnoun
A large party; gala event.
‘They had a big bash to celebrate their tenth anniversary.’;
Ashnoun
A gray colour, like that of ash.
Bashnoun
An attack that consists of placing all one's weight into a downward attack with one's fists.
Ashnoun
A shade tree of the genus Fraxinus.
‘The ash trees are dying off due to emerald ash borer.’; ‘The woods planted in ash will see a different mix of species.’;
Bashverb
To abash; to disconcert or be disconcerted or put out of countenance.
‘His countenance was bold and bashed not.’;
Ashnoun
(uncountable) The wood of this tree.
Bashverb
To strike heavily; to beat; to crush.
‘Bash her open with a rock.’;
Ashnoun
The traditional name for the ae ligature (æ), as used in Old English.
Bashnoun
a forceful blow, especially one that does damage to its target.
Ashverb
(chemistry) To reduce to a residue of ash. See ashing.
Bashnoun
a elaborate or lively social gathering or party.
Ashverb
To hit the end off of a burning cigar or cigarette.
Bashnoun
a vigorous blow;
‘the sudden knock floored him’; ‘he took a bash right in his face’; ‘he got a bang on the head’;
Ashverb
To cover newly-sown fields of crops with ashes.
Bashnoun
an uproarious party
Ashnoun
A genus of trees of the Olive family, having opposite pinnate leaves, many of the species furnishing valuable timber, as the European ash (Fraxinus excelsior) and the white ash (Fraxinus Americana).
Bashverb
hit hard
Ashnoun
The tough, elastic wood of the ash tree.
Ashnoun
sing. of Ashes.
Ashverb
To strew or sprinkle with ashes.
Ashnoun
the residue that remains when something is burned
Ashnoun
any of various deciduous pinnate-leaved ornamental or timber trees of the genus Fraxinus
Ashnoun
strong elastic wood of any of various ash trees; used for furniture and tool handles and sporting goods such as baseball bats
Ashverb
convert into ashes
Ashnoun
the powdery residue left after the burning of a substance
‘I turned over the ashes’; ‘cigarette ash’;
Ashnoun
the remains of a human body after cremation or burning
‘his ashes were scattered on the waters of the Ganges River’;
Ashnoun
the mineral component of an organic substance, as assessed from the residue left after burning
‘coal contains higher levels of ash than premium fuels’;
Ashnoun
a trophy for the winner of a series of Test matches in a cricket season between England and Australia.
Ashnoun
a tree with compound leaves, winged fruits, and hard pale timber, widely distributed throughout north temperate regions.
Ashnoun
the hard pale wood of the ash tree.
Ashnoun
used in names of trees unrelated to the ash but with similar leaves, e.g. mountain ash.
Ashnoun
an Old English runic letter, ᚫ, a vowel intermediate between a and e. It is represented in the Roman alphabet by the symbol æ or Æ.
Ash
Ash or ashes are the solid remnants of fires. Specifically, ash refers to all non-aqueous, non-gaseous residues that remain after something burns.
