ASHEN

ashen, blanched, bloodless, livid, white

(adjective) anemic looking from illness or emotion; “a face turned ashen”; “the invalid’s blanched cheeks”; “tried to speak with bloodless lips”; “a face livid with shock”; “lips...livid with the hue of death”- Mary W. Shelley; “lips white with terror”; “a face white with rage”

ashen

(adjective) made of wood of the ash tree

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology 1

Adjective

ashen (comparative more ashen, superlative most ashen)

Made from the wood of the ash-tree.

Etymology 2

Adjective

ashen (comparative more ashen, superlative most ashen)

Of or resembling ashes.

Ash-colored; pale; anemic, anaemic.

Synonyms

• (sickly pale): See also pallid

Etymology 3

Verb

ashen (third-person singular simple present ashens, present participle ashening, simple past and past participle ashened)

(ambitransitive) To turn into ash; make or become ashy

(ambitransitive) To make or become pale

Anagrams

• Ehsan, Haens, Hanes, Hanse, Sanhe, Shane, Shean, hanse, heans

Source: Wiktionary


Ash"en, a. Etym: [See Ash, the tree.]

Definition: Of or pertaining to the ash tree. "Ashen poles." Dryden.

Ash"en, a.

Definition: Consisting of, or resembling, ashes; of a color between brown and gray, or white and gray. The ashen hue of age. Sir W. Scott.

Ash"en, n.,

Definition: obs. pl. for Ashes. Chaucer.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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