mash

MASH

 (măsh)

abbr.

Mobile Army Surgical Hospital

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mash

 (măsh)

n.

1. A mixture of malt or other ingredients with water, heated to convert starches into fermentable sugars for use in brewing or distilling.

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 mass by pounding or crushing: mash potatoes. See Synonyms at crush.

3. Chiefly Southern & South Midland US To apply pressure to; press.

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

Phrasal Verb:

mash up

To combine (two or more audio or video recordings) to produce a composite recording.

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[Middle English mash- (as in mashfat, mash tub), from Old English *māsc, *mǣsc, māx- (in māxwyrt, wort); see meik- in Indo-European roots. V., sense 4, perhaps from Romani mash, to entice.]

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mash

(mæʃ)

n

1. a soft pulpy mass or consistency

2. (Agriculture) agriculture a feed of bran, meal, or malt mixed with water and fed to horses, cattle, or poultry

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

4. (Cookery) informal Brit mashed potatoes

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

vb (tr)

6. to beat or crush into a mash

7. (Brewing) to steep (malt grains) in hot water in order to extract malt, esp for making malt liquors

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

9. archaic to flirt with

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

mashed adj

ˈmasher n

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MASH

(mæʃ)

(in the US) n acronym for

(Military) Mobile Army Surgical Hospital

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mash

(mæʃ)

v.t.

1. to reduce to a soft pulpy mass by beating or pressure: to mash turnips.

2. to crush.

3. to mix (crushed malt or meal of grain) with hot water to form wort.

n.

4. a soft pulpy mass.

5. a pulpy condition.

6. a mixture of boiled grain, bran, meal, etc., fed to livestock.

7. crushed malt or grain meal mixed with hot water to form wort.

n.

8. infatuation.

v.t.

9. to flirt with.

[before 1000; Old English mǣsc-, masc-]

n., v. mashed, mash•ing. Older Slang.

[1880–85; orig. theatrical argot; of uncertain orig.]

MASH

(mæʃ)

n.

mobile army surgical hospital.

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mash

• bangers and mash - Sausage and mashed potatoes.
• farrago - From Latin, originally "a mash for feeding cattle"; later, figuratively, a medley or hodgepodge.
• mash - Originally malt mixed with hot water, to make wort.
• mush, moosh - Mush and moosh (nouns) are variations on mash.

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mash

Past participle: mashed
Gerund: mashing

Imperative

mash

mash

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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.

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mash

verb

To press forcefully so as to break up into a pulpy mass:

crush, mush, pulp, squash.

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Translations

هَريسيَهْرُس

bramborová kašemačkat

grødkartoffelmosmæskmose

KartoffelbreiPüreezerdrücken

muhentaamuusimuussatasose

broyerpurée

krumplipüréösszezúzzúz

stappastappaîar kartöflur

schiacciaremiscugliopurschiacciapatatebeverone

bulvių košėtrinti

kartupeļu biezenissamīcītsaspiest

zemiaková kaša

tlačiti

grötmäskmos

pürepüre haline getirmek

把…捣成泥捣碎马铃薯泥

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

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

mash

[ˈmæʃ]

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

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

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

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

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

mash

[mæʃ]

1. n

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

b. (for animals) → pastone m

2. vt (Culin) → passare, schiacciare

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

mash

(mӕʃ) verb

to crush into small pieces or a soft mass. Put in some butter when you mash the potatoes. fynmaak يَهْرُس мачкам esmagar (roz)mačkat zerdrücken mose λιώνωtriturar, machacar pudruks tegema خرد کردن soseuttaa 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 كوچنى كول esmagar a zdrobi разминать rozmliaždiť stlačiti izgnječiti mosa ป่น püre haline getirmek 搗碎，搗成泥狀 давити; розминати آلوؤں کو ابال کر پیسنا nghiền 捣碎，把…捣成泥

noun

mashed potato. sausage and mash. fyngemaakte aartappel, kapokaartappel هَريس пюре purê de batata bramborová kaše der Kartoffelbrei kartoffelmos πουρέςpuré 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 كوچنى شوى 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

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mash

n (crushing injury) machucón m; vt machucar, aplastar, pillar (Esp)

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