A person from the continent of Asia. / (US, Canada, Australia, New Zealand) A person from or with ancestry in Northeast or Southeast Asia.

Of, relating to or from Asia.

(transitive or ditransitive) To request (information, or an answer to a question). / To put forward (a question) to be answered. / To interrogate or enquire of (a person).

An act or instance of asking. / Something asked or asked for. / An asking price.

(UK dialectal and Scotland) An eft; newt. / (UK dialectal) A lizard.

Panthera leo persica, a subspecies of lion that inhabited Asia.

(Australia, simile, informal) Very dry, extremely dry. / (Australia, simile, informal) Very thirsty.

To such an extent or degree; to the same extent or degree. / Considered to be, in relation to something else; in the relation (specified). / (dated) For example; for instance. (Compare such as.)

Used after so or as to introduce a comparison. / Used to introduce a result: with the result that it is. / Expressing concession: though. / At the same instant or moment that: when.

Introducing a basis of comparison, with an object in the objective case. / In the role of. / by way of