Definitions
1.verbTo request (information, or an answer to a question)."I asked her age."
2.verbTo put forward (a question) to be answered."to ask a question"
3.verbTo interrogate or enquire of (a person)."I'm going to ask this lady for directions."
4.verbTo request or petition; usually with for."to ask for a second helping at dinner"
5.verbTo request permission to do something."Did you ask to use the car?"
6.verbTo require, demand, claim, or expect, whether by way of remuneration or return, or as a matter of necessity."What price are you asking for the house?"
7.verbTo invite."Don't ask them to the wedding."
8.verbTo publish in church for marriage; said of both the banns and the persons.
9.verbTo take (a person's situation) as an example.
10.verbTo fell or chop with an axe.
11.verbTo lay off, terminate or drastically reduce, especially in a rough or ruthless manner; to cancel."He got axed in the last round of firings."
12.verbTo furnish with an axle.
13.nounAn assault carried out with an axe.