The meaning of Ashen

adjective

(of a person) suffering from anaemia.

Usage examples:

The doctor said you were a bit anaemic

noun

A person suffering from anaemia.

Usage examples:

Cumin seeds are a rich source of iron and hence very beneficial for anaemics

collocation

If someone is ashen-faced, their face is pale grey in colour, often because they are worried or ill

Usage examples:

Julie walked in, ashen-faced with shock., she came out of the meeting looking ashen-faced, so i imm…

adjective

(of a revolution or conflict) without violence or killing.

Usage examples:

A bloodless coup

adjective

Happening without the use of violence

Usage examples:

The rebel soldiers seized power in a bloodless coup.

adjective

(especially of a gas or liquid) without colour.

Usage examples:

A colourless liquid

adjective

Having no colour

Usage examples:

Water and glass are colourless., carbon monoxide is a colourless, odourless, poisonous gas., it is …

adjective

(of a plant) pale and drawn out due to a lack of light.

Usage examples:

Etiolated leaf segments

verb

Make (a plant) pale through lack of light.

Usage examples:

The seedling had been etiolated by having been grown in darkness

adjective

Especially of plants, pale and weak

adjective

Of a colour intermediate between black and white, as of ashes or lead.

Usage examples:

Grey flannel trousers

noun

Grey colour or pigment.

Usage examples:

Dirty intermediate tones of grey

verb

(especially of hair) become grey with age.

Usage examples:

He had put on weight and greyed somewhat

adjective

Dull, heavy, or slow.

Usage examples:

His eyelids were leaden with sleep

adjective

Like lead in color or weight; gray or heavy

Usage examples:

They said goodbye under a leaden sky.

adjective

Relating to lymph or its secretion.

Usage examples:

Lymphatic vessels

noun

A vessel, similar to a vein, that conveys lymph in the body.

Usage examples:

The fluid is drained by the lymphatics and returned to the circulation

adjective

Light in colour or shade; containing little colour or pigment.

Usage examples:

Choose pale floral patterns for walls

verb

Become pale in one's face from shock or fear.

Usage examples:

I paled at the thought of what she might say

noun

A wooden stake or post used with others to form a fence.

Usage examples:

Get creative with a picket fence and have diagonal pales nailed to the horizontal boards.

noun

A folded pastry case with a savoury filling, typically of seasoned meat and vegetables.

Usage examples:

I've always associated it with school meals, so to see it put in a shortcrust pasty is an intriguin…

adjective

(of a person's face) unhealthily pale.

Usage examples:

A pasty complexion

adjective

(of someone’s skin) pale and unhealthy looking

Usage examples:

A pasty face

adjective

(of a person's face or complexion) of an unhealthy yellow or pale brown colour.

Usage examples:

His skin was sallow and pitted

noun

A willow tree, especially one of a low-growing or shrubby kind.

Usage examples:

Sallows grow much faster, if they are planted within reach of water, or in a very moorish ground, o…

adjective

(of a person's complexion or appearance) pale and giving the impression of illness or exhaustion.

Usage examples:

She was looking wan and bleary-eyed

abbreviation

Wide area network.

noun

A computer network in which the computers connected may be far apart, generally having a radius of more than 1 km.

adjective

Having a smooth, pale, translucent surface or appearance like that of wax.

Usage examples:

A canopy of waxen, creamy blooms

adjective

Of the colour of milk or fresh snow, due to the reflection of all visible rays of light; the opposite of black.

Usage examples:

A sheet of white paper

noun

White colour or pigment.

Usage examples:

Garnet-red flowers flecked with white

verb

A member of a light-skinned people, especially one of european extraction.