One who is devoted to the practice of self-denial, either through seclusion or stringent abstinence.

(intransitive) To move upward, to fly, to soar. / (intransitive) To slope in an upward direction. / (transitive) To go up. / (transitive) To succeed.

(dated) Asian. / (military, slang) Eccentric or crazy as a result of spending a long time in the Far East.

(dated, now sometimes offensive) An Asian. / (Egyptology) One of the people of ancient Canaan, Syria, or Mesopotamia; a Semite.

(idiomatic) In addition; also. / To the same effect. / (South Africa) Me too.

(pathology) The state of being free from sepsis. / (pathology) The process of removing pathogenic organisms or protecting against such organisms.

(idiomatic, informal, simile) Extremely; to a superlative degree; very much.

(biochemistry) A white crystalline organic compound, C₆H₈O₆, found in citrus fruits and many vegetables; it is an antioxidant and an efficient scavenger of free radicals.

(simile) Calm and composed even in difficult or frustrating situations; self-possessed.

(idiomatic, informal) To provoke an unwanted action. / Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see ask for, it.