verb
To request or petition.
To put forward (a question) to be answered.
To require, demand, claim, or expect, whether by way of remuneration or return, or as a matter of necessity.
To invite.
To publish in church for marriage; said of both the banns and the persons.
(figuratively) To take (a person's situation) as an example.
noun
An act or instance of asking.
Something asked or asked for.
An asking price.
(Internet) A message sent to a blog on social networking platform Tumblr, which can be publicly posted and replied to by the recipient.
noun
(UK dialectal and Scotland) An eft; newt.
(UK dialectal) A lizard.