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Meaning of 'mash' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Mash [ n.]
- A mesh.
- 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.
- A mixture of meal or bran and water fed to animals.
- A mess; trouble.
2 . Mash [ v. t.]
- 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.

Meaning of 'mash' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . mash [ v]
Meaning (1):
- to compress with violence, out of natural shape or condition
Example in sentence:
  • crush an aluminum can;
  • squeeze a lemon
Meaning (2):
- reduce to small pieces or particles by pounding or abrading
Example in sentence:
  • grind the spices in a mortar;
  • mash the garlic
Meaning (3):
- talk or behave amorously, without serious intentions
Example in sentence:
  • My husband never flirts with other women;
  • The guys always try to chat up the new secretaries

Nearby Words:

mascagnin mascagnite mascle mascled mascot mascotte masculate masculine masculinity mase

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