(1):

(v. i.) To make inquiry, or seek by request; - sometimes followed by after.

(2):

(n.) A water newt.

(3):

(v. t.) To request; to seek to obtain by words; to petition; to solicit; - often with of, in the sense of from, before the person addressed.

(4):

(v. t.) 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?

(5):

(v. t.) To interrogate or inquire of or concerning; to put a question to or about; to question.

(6):

(v. t.) To invite; as, to ask one to an entertainment.

(7):

(v. t.) To publish in church for marriage; - said of both the banns and the persons.

(8):

(v. i.) To request or petition; - usually followed by for; as, to ask for bread.