mash Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a mixture of mashed malt grains and hot water; used in brewing
  2. noun mixture of ground animal feeds
  3. verb to compress with violence, out of natural shape or condition
    crush; squelch; squeeze; squash.
    • crush an aluminum can
    • squeeze a lemon
  4. verb talk or behave amorously, without serious intentions
    butterfly; coquet; coquette; flirt; romance; philander; dally; chat up.
    • The guys always try to chat up the new secretaries
    • My husband never flirts with other women
  5. verb reduce to small pieces or particles by pounding or abrading
    crunch; bray; comminute; grind.
    • grind the spices in a mortar
    • mash the garlic

WordNet

Mash noun
Definitions
  1. A mesh. Obs.
Mash noun
Etymology
Akin to G. meisch, maisch, meische, maische, mash, wash, and prob. to AS. miscian to mix. See Mix.
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. Specifically (Brewing), 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.
  2. A mixture of meal or bran and water fed to animals.
  3. A mess; trouble. Obs. Beau. & Fl.
Mash transitive verb
Etymology
Akin to G. meischen, maischen, to mash, mix, and prob. to mischen, E. mix. See 2d Mash.
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Mashed ; present participle & verbal noun Mashing
Definitions
  1. To convert into a mash; to reduce to a soft pulpy state by beating or pressure; to bruise; to crush; as, to mash apples in a mill, or potatoes with a pestle. Specifically (Brewing), to convert, as malt, or malt and meal, into the mash which makes wort.

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