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