mashed

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

 (măsh)

abbr.

Mobile Army Surgical Hospital

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mashed

(mæʃt)

adj

slang intoxicated; drunk

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Translations

mashed

[mæʃt] ADJ mashed potatoes → puré m de patatas, puré m de papas (LAm)

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mashed

adj mashed potatoes → Kartoffelbrei m → or -püree nt

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