mash

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. A crushing or grinding.

5. 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

Noun

1. a soft pulpy mass

2. Agriculture bran, meal, or malt mixed with warm water and used as food for horses, cattle, or poultry

3. Brit informal mashed potatoes

Verb

to beat or crush into a mash [Old English mǣsc-]

mashed adj

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"

Translations

mash [mæʃ] n (= mix) → mezcla;

(CULIN) → puré m (= pulp); amasijo

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mash [mæʃ] vt (Culin) → faire une purée de

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MASH [mæʃ] (US) n abbr (= mobile army surgical hospital) → mobiles Lazarett nt

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mash [mæʃ] vt → zerstampfen

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MASH [mæʃ] n abbr (US ) (MIL) (= mobile army surgical hospital) → ospedale di campo di unità mobile dell'esercito

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mash [mæʃ] vt (CULIN) → passare, schiacciare