Definition of Ask

Ask

1. To request; to seek to obtain by words; to petition; to solicit; -- often with of, in the sense of from, before the person addressed.
2. 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?
3. To interrogate or inquire of or concerning; to put a question to or about; to question.
4. To invite; as, to ask one to an entertainment.
5. To publish in church for marriage; -- said of both the banns and the persons.
6. To request or petition; -- usually followed by for; as, to ask for bread.
7. To make inquiry, or seek by request; -- sometimes followed by after.
8. A water newt.