The act or process of posing a question or making a request. / (rare in the singular) A request, or petition. / (in the plural) The marriage banns.

That asks; that expresses a question or request.

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of ask

(idiomatic) Available for someone to have something just by asking for it, i.e., without any significant effort or outlay; freely.

(idiomatic, intransitive) To enquire of different people about something.

(idiomatic, intransitive) To enquire of several people. / (idiomatic, transitive) To invite someone to one's house.

(idiomatic) To enquire about the health or progress (of someone).

(cricket, informal) To make an appeal to the umpire against the batsman. / Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: to ask a given question.

To behave in a way that is likely to cause problems.

(informal) Used to say that something is too strange, embarrassing, or complicated to explain.