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mash

1

[ mash ]

verb (used with object)

  1. to crush:

    He mashed his thumb with a hammer.

  2. to reduce to a soft, pulpy mass, as by beating or pressure, especially in the preparation of food.
  3. to mix (crushed malt or meal of grain) with hot water to form wort.


noun

  1. a soft, pulpy mass.
  2. a pulpy condition.
  3. a mixture of boiled grain, bran, meal, etc., fed warm to horses and cattle.
  4. crushed malt or meal of grain mixed with hot water to form wort.
  5. British Slang. mashed potatoes.

mash

2

[ mash ]

noun

  1. a flirtation or infatuation.
  2. a person who seeks another's affection or who is the object of affection.

verb (used with object)

  1. to flirt with; court the affections of.

MASH

3

[ mash ]

noun

  1. mobile army surgical hospital.

MASH

1

/ ³¾Ã¦Êƒ /

acronym for

  1. Mobile Army Surgical Hospital
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

mash

2

/ ³¾Ã¦Êƒ /

noun

  1. a soft pulpy mass or consistency
  2. agriculture a feed of bran, meal, or malt mixed with water and fed to horses, cattle, or poultry
  3. (esp in brewing) a mixture of mashed malt grains and hot water, from which malt is extracted
  4. informal.
    mashed potatoes
  5. dialect.
    a brew of tea
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

verb

  1. to beat or crush into a mash
  2. to steep (malt grains) in hot water in order to extract malt, esp for making malt liquors
  3. dialect.
    to brew (tea)
  4. archaic.
    to flirt with
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • mashed, adjective
  • ˈ³¾²¹²õ³ó±ð°ù, noun
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of mash1

First recorded before 1000; Middle English mash- and Old English ³¾Ç£²õ³¦-, noun used in compounds, as in Middle English mashfat and Old English ³¾Ç£²õ³¦´Ú²¹³Ù “mash-vat,†and ³¾Ç£²õ³¦·É²â°ù³Ù “mash wortâ€; cognate with German Maische

Origin of mash2

First recorded in 1870–75; originally theatrical argot; further origin uncertain; flirt ( def ), sweetheart, lover
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of mash1

Old English ³¾Ç£²õ³¦- (in compound words); related to Middle Low German ³¾Å§²õ³¦³ó
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Consider crunch—because there’s nothing exciting about a plain bowl of mashed potatoes or ice cream.

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Thanksgiving, for all its excess, is not a particularly textural meal—pillowy mashed potatoes, velvety gravy, candied yams collapsing under their own syrup.

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It is mashed into masa and cooked into tortillas, tamales and tlacoyos.

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Officials later confirmed his last meal was four pieces of fried chicken, green beans, mashed potatoes with gravy, biscuits, cheesecake and sweet tea.

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Enjoy them as is for a quick, on-the-go breakfast, toss them into a Cobb salad, mash them into egg salad, slice them into homemade ramen or add them to fried rice.

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