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Meaning of mash

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mash

Pronunciation:/mæʃ/

noun

Definitions

  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.

mash

Pronunciation:/mæʃ/

verb

Definitions

  1. To convert into a mash; to reduce to a soft pulpy state by beating or pressure

    Example: 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).

    Example: to mash on a bicycle pedal

  4. To press.

mash

Pronunciation:/mæʃ/

noun

Definitions

  1. An infatuation, a crush, a fancy

  2. A dandy, a masher

  3. The object of one’s affections (either sex)

verb

Definitions

  1. To flirt, to make eyes, to make romantic advances