mash
noun
- 1
A mass of mixed ingredients reduced to a soft pulpy state by beating or pressure; a mass of anything in a soft pulpy state.
- 2
Ground or bruised malt, or meal of rye, wheat, corn, or other grain (or a mixture of malt and meal) steeped and stirred in hot water for making the wort.
- 3
Mashed potatoes.
- 4
A mixture of meal or bran and water fed to animals.
- 5
A mess; trouble.
- 6
A gun.
verb
- 1
To convert into a mash; to reduce to a soft pulpy state by beating or pressure
“The potatoes need to be mashed.”
- 2
In brewing, to convert (for example malt, or malt and meal) into the mash which makes wort.
- 3
To press down hard (on).
“to mash on a bicycle pedal”
- 4
To press.
- 5
To prepare a cup of tea in a teapot; to brew (tea).
- 6
To act violently.
noun
- 1
A mesh.
noun
- 1
An infatuation, a crush, a fancy
- 2
A dandy, a masher
- 3
The object of one’s affections (either sex)
verb
- 1
To flirt, to make eyes, to make romantic advances
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