MASH

MASH  (msh)

abbr.

Mobile Army Surgical Hospital

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mash  (msh)

n.

1. A fermentable starchy mixture from which alcohol or spirits can be distilled.

2. A mixture of ground grain and nutrients fed to livestock and fowl.

3. A soft pulpy mixture or mass.

4. Chiefly British Mashed potatoes.

5. A crushing or grinding.

6. Slang An infatuation or act of flirtation.

tr.v. mashed, mash·ing, mash·es

1. To convert (malt or grain) into mash.

2. To convert into a soft pulpy mixture: mash potatoes.

3. To crush or grind. See Synonyms at crush.

4. Chiefly Southern & South Midland U.S. To apply pressure to; press.

5. Slang To flirt with or make sexual advances to.

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[Middle English mash- (as in mashfat, mash tub), from Old English *msc, *msc, mx- (in mxwyrt, wort); see meik- in Indo-European roots. V., sense 5, perhaps from Romany mash, to entice.]

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mash [mæʃ]

n

1. a soft pulpy mass or consistency

2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Agriculture) Agriculture a feed of bran, meal, or malt mixed with water and fed to horses, cattle, or poultry

3. (Miscellaneous Technologies / Brewing) (esp in brewing) a mixture of mashed malt grains and hot water, from which malt is extracted

4. (Cookery) Brit informal mashed potatoes

5. (Cookery) Northern English dialect a brew of tea

vb (tr)

1. to beat or crush into a mash

2. (Miscellaneous Technologies / Brewing) to steep (malt grains) in hot water in order to extract malt, esp for making malt liquors

3. (Cookery) Northern English dialect to brew (tea)

4. Archaic to flirt with

[Old English mǣsc- (in compound words); related to Middle Low German mēsch]

mashed  adj

masher  n

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MASH [mæʃ]

n (in the US)

acronym for

(Military) Mobile Army Surgical Hospital

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	mash - a mixture of mashed malt grains and hot water; used in brewing suspension - a mixture in which fine particles are suspended in a fluid where they are supported by buoyancy sour mash - a mash with optimum acidity for yeast fermentation; a mixture of old and new mash; used in distilling some whiskeys
	2.	mash - mixture of ground animal feeds feed, provender - food for domestic livestock chicken feed, scratch - dry mash for poultry
Verb	1.	mash - to compress with violence, out of natural shape or condition; "crush an aluminum can"; "squeeze a lemon" squash, squeeze, crush, squelch wring - twist, squeeze, or compress in order to extract liquid; "wring the towels" press - exert pressure or force to or upon; "He pressed down on the boards"; "press your thumb on this spot" stamp - crush or grind with a heavy instrument; "stamp fruit extract the juice" steamroller - crush with a steamroller as if to level; "steamroller the road" tread - crush as if by treading on; "tread grapes to make wine" telescope - crush together or collapse; "In the accident, the cars telescoped"; "my hiking sticks telescope and can be put into the backpack"
	2.	mash - talk or behave amorously, without serious intentions; "The guys always try to chat up the new secretaries"; "My husband never flirts with other women" chat up, coquet, coquette, flirt, philander, romance, butterfly, dally talk, speak - exchange thoughts; talk with; "We often talk business"; "Actions talk louder than words" wanton - engage in amorous play vamp - act seductively with (someone)
	3.	mash - reduce to small pieces or particles by pounding or abrading; "grind the spices in a mortar"; "mash the garlic" comminute, bray, crunch, grind pulp - reduce to pulp; "pulp fruit"; "pulp wood" pestle - grind, mash or pulverize in a mortar; "pestle the garlic" mill - grind with a mill; "mill grain" fragment, fragmentise, fragmentize, break up - break or cause to break into pieces; "The plate fragmented"

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mash

verb smash, crush, pulp, pound, beat, whip, soften, squash, mince, purée, liquidize, macerate Mash the bananas with a fork.

noun pulp, pâté, paste, purée, mush They ate a mash of potatoes, carrot and cabbage.

Translations

mash [mæʃ]

A. N

1. (= mixture) → mezcla f; (= pulp) → pasta f, amasijo m

2. (Brit) (= mashed potatoes) → puré m de patata(s) or (LAm) papas

3. (in brewing) → malta f remojada

4. (for animals) → afrecho m

B. VT

1. (= crush) → triturar, machacar

2. (= purée) [+ potatoes] → hacer puré de

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mash [ˈmæʃ]

vt [+ food] → écraser
Mash the bananas with a fork → Écrasez les bananes avec une fourchette.

n (= mashed potato) → purée f
mashed potatoes n → purée f de pommes de terre

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MASH

n (US) abbr of Mobile Army Surgical Hospital → mobiles Lazarett

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mash

n → Brei m; (for animals) → Futterbrei m, → Schlempe f; (= potatoes) → Püree nt; (in brewing) → Maische f

vt → zerstampfen

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mash [mæʃ]

1. n

a. (Brit) (fam) (also mashed potatoes) → purè m (di patate)

b. (for animals) → pastone m

2. vt (Culin) → passare, schiacciare

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mash [mæʃ]

1. n

a. (Brit) (fam) (also mashed potatoes) → purè m (di patate)

b. (for animals) → pastone m

2. vt (Culin) → passare, schiacciare

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mash

v mash [mӕʃ]

to crush into small pieces or a soft mass Put in some butter when you mash the potatoes. fynmaak يَهْرُس мачкам (roz)mačkat mose zerdrücken λιώνω triturar, machacar pudruks tegema خرد کردن survoa broyer לְרָסֶק לְמחִית छिपाना drobiti, zgnječiti (össze)zúz menumbuk stappa schiacciare, passare すりつぶす …을 짓이기다 trinti, grūsti saspiest; samīcīt melecek fijnstampen knuse, mose utłuc na papkę esmagar a zdrobi разминать rozmliaždiť stlačiti izgnječiti mosa ป่น püre haline getirmek 搗碎 давити; розминати آلوؤں کو ابال کر پیسنا nghiền 捣碎

n

mashed potato sausage and mash. fyngemaakte aartappel, kapokaartappel هَريس пюре bramborová kaše kartoffelmos der Kartoffelbrei πουρές puré de patatas kartulipuder له شده perunamuusi purée de pommes de terre מְחִית दलिया मुखौटा smjesa, kaša krumplipüré kentang tumbuk stappaðar kartöflur purè di patate マッシュポテト 매시트 포테이토 bulvių košė kartupeļu biezenis kentang lecek aardappelpuree potetstappe/-mos tłuczone ziemniaki puré de batata piure de cartofi картофельное пюре zemiaková kaša krompirjev pire pire potatismos มันบด püre 馬鈴薯泥 товчена картопля پیسے ہوئے آلو sự nghiền nhừ 马铃薯泥