noun a water newt.
2. ask ·vi to make inquiry, or seek by request;
sometimes followed by after.
3. ask ·vi to request or petition;
usually followed by for; as, to ask for bread.
4. ask ·vt to publish in church for marriage;
said of both the banns and the persons.
5. ask ·vt to invite; as, to ask one to an entertainment.
6. ask ·vt to interrogate or inquire of or concerning; to put a question to or about; to question.
7. ask ·vt to require, demand, claim, or expect, whether by way of remuneration or return, or as a matter of necessity; as, what price do you ask?.
8. ask ·vt to request; to seek to obtain by words; to petition; to solicit;
often with of, in the sense of from, before the person addressed.