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Definition: Ashy |
AshyAdjective1. Pale gray; ash-colored. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "ashy" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1591. (references) |
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Slang | Adjective. Source: The usage of ashy comes from the color of ash. It is a grayish color. Definition: It is a word that discribes the feel and look of a person's skin. A person usually gets ashy after bathing because the water can dry out the skin. Context: Ashy is a way to describe dry, sometimes flaky skin. Social Source: Chicago style Ebonics. Source: Compiled by The University of Oregon. (additional references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonyms: AshySynonyms: ash-gray (adj), ash-grey (adj). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Ashy |
| English words defined with "ashy": bog moss ♦ Fire-fanged ♦ peat moss ♦ sphagnum, sphagnum moss. (references) |
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| "Ashy" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Ashy" is used about 16 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 100% | 16 | 87,710 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expression using "ashy": ashy pale. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "ashy": ashy-gray. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
ashy doug | 3 |
ashy dermatosis | 3 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "ashy"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | i zbehtë (anaemic, anemic, cadaverous, dim, dingy, ghastly, light, livid, pale, pallid, paly, peaked, wan), i mbuluar me hi. (various references) | |
Arabic | متعلق بالرماد, رمادي (ashen, gray, grey, grizzly). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | бледен (ashen, ashy-gray, doughy, faint, lambent, lymphatic, mealy, pale, pallid, pasty, sallow, sickly), пепелив (ashen, cinereous, grey). (various references) | |
Chinese | 在岸上. (various references) | |
Czech | popelový. (various references) | |
Danish | paerehvidplet (ashy leaf spot of pears, leaf fleck of pears, pear leaf spot), italiensk gul vipstjert (ashy-headed wagtail). (various references) | |
Dutch | witte-vlekkenziekte van de peer (ashy leaf spot of pears, leaf fleck of pears, pear leaf spot), witte-bladvlekkenziekte van de peer (ashy leaf spot of pears, leaf fleck of pears, pear leaf spot), bladvlekkenziekte (ashy leaf spot of pears, leaf fleck of pears, pear leaf spot). (various references) | |
French | cendré (ashen). (various references) | |
German | aschig, aschfahl (ashen). (various references) | |
Greek | στακτερόσ (ashen), τεφρώδησ (cindery), τεφρώδης. (various references) | |
Hungarian | hamuval borított. (various references) | |
Italian | di cenere. (various references) | |
Manx | unjinagh (ashen, ashen of ash), neeal (ashen, ashen colour, aspect, aspect of face, cloud, complexion, faint, nap, nebula, swoon), leoiragh (dusty), leoieagh, jeh daah yn vaaish, jeh daah leoh (ash-coloured). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | ashyay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | pálido (ashen, blank, chalky, colorless, colourless, linen, livid, lurid, mealy, off-color, off-colour, pale, pallid, pasty, peaked, perse, sallow, sickly, tallowy, wan, washed-out, white-headed), de cinza, com cinza, cinzento (ashen, cinereous, gray, grey, grizzled, grizzly, white-headed). (various references) | |
Romanian | palid (ashen, colorless, colourless, doughy, etiolated, female, Gray, green, grey, haggard, lightish, lunar, lurid, pale, pallid, paly, sickly, wan, washed out, white), de cenuşã, cenuşiu (ash-colored, ash-coloured, ashen, drab, Gray, grey, greyish, grizzle, grizzled, grizzly, hoary, leaden, neutral). (various references) | |
Russian | пепельный (ashen, cinerary). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | pepeljast (ashen). (various references) | |
Spanish | ceniciento (ashen). (various references) | |
Swedish | cendre (ash blond, ashy-gray), blek (cream-faced, faint, livid, mealy, pale, palish, pallid, washed out, watery). (various references) | |
Thai | ที่ปกคลุม"้วยเถ้าถ่าน, ซี" (livid). (various references) | |
Turkish | soluk (breath, breathing, cadaverous, colorless, colourless, dull, exhalation, faded, faint, pale, pallid, pasty, sallow, sick, sickly, wan, washy, watery), solgun (anaemic, anemic, ashen, bloodless, colorless, colourless, doughy, drooping, faded, mealy, pale, pallid, pasty, sallow, wan), külle kaplı, küllü (grayish, greyish), kül gibi (ashen). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | блідий (chalky, characterless, etiolated, lunar, lunary, pale, pasty, sallow, wan, watery, whey-faced, white, white-faced), попільний (ashen, cinerary, cinereous), попілястий. (various references) | |
Vietnamese | xám như tro (ashy-gray), có tro, đầy tro tái nhợt. (various references) | |
Welsh | lludlyd. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words ending with "ashy": brashy, dashy, flashy, mashy, plashy, splashy, squashy, trashy, unflashy, washy. (additional references) | |
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"Ashy" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: aahh, aahhhh, Abhay, Aesch, Afshr, agh, ahst, ahy, ajh, Aksoy, asah, Asby, Asch, asha, ashd, ashe, ashey, Asheya, ashi, Ashit, Ashiya, Ashlyn, Asho, asmy, asoy, asoya, asph, assy, asth, asty, asy, asyl, Athay, athi, athy, auh, aush, aysh, az, Azha, azhy, Bashnya, Bashy, cashy, esh, Iphy, Ishi, ishy, nashy, qsy, Sahi, sahu, Sazhi, ushi, Yahsi. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "ashy" (pronounced a"shē) |
| 3 | a" sh ē | flashy, splashy, trashy. |
| 2 | -sh ē | banshee, brushy, bushy, cushy, fishy, fleshy, marshy, mushy, pushy, squashy, squishy, Sushi, vichy, washy. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: hays, shay. | |
| Words within the letters "a-h-s-y" | |
-1 letter: ash, ays, has, hay, say, sha, shy, yah. | |
-2 letters: ah, as, ay, ha, sh, ya. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-h-s-y" | |
+1 letter: ayahs, chays, dashy, hasty, hoyas, hylas, mashy, shady, shaky, shaly, shays, washy. | |
+2 letters: brashy, chasmy, flashy, hayers, hydras, hyenas, marshy, mynahs, plashy, rashly, rayahs, sashay, saughy, shabby, shaggy, shaley, shammy, shamoy, shandy, shanny, shanty, sharny, sharpy, shoaly, thuyas, trashy, yachts, yahoos. | |
+3 letters: aliyahs, alphyls, apishly, ashtray, asphyxy, astheny, babyish, bashlyk, brashly, bypaths, chlamys, clayish, eyelash, eyewash, fishway, ghastly, grayish, harshly, hastily, hawkeys, hayings, haymows, hayseed, hearsay, heydays, hoorays, hurrays, hushaby, hyaenas, hyalins, hydrase, hymnals, hyraces, hyraxes, ladyish, lazyish, maybush, mayhems, sashays, shadfly, shadily, shadowy, shakily, shamoys, shantey, shapely, sharply, shipway, snatchy, splashy, squashy, starchy, swarthy, unhasty, washday, whydahs, yashmac, yashmak, yeshiva, zanyish. | |
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| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Commercial | 5. Images: Slideshow 6. Usage Frequency 7. Expressions 8. Expressions: Internet | 9. Translations: Modern 10. Derivations 11. Rhymes 12. Anagrams | 13. Bibliography |
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