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Definition of Mash

1. Noun. A mixture of mashed malt grains and hot water; used in brewing.

2. Verb. To compress with violence, out of natural shape or condition. "Squeeze a lemon"

3. Noun. Mixture of ground animal feeds.

4. Verb. Talk or behave amorously, without serious intentions. "Sam wants to mash with Sue "; "My husband never flirts with other women"

5. Verb. Reduce to small pieces or particles by pounding or abrading. "Mash the garlic"

Definition of Mash

1. n. A mesh.

2. n. 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.

3. 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.

Definition of Mash

1. Acronym. Mobile Army Surgical Hospital ¹

2. Noun. (obsolete) A mesh ¹

3. Noun. A mass of mixed ingredients reduced to a soft pulpy state by beating or pressure; a mass of anything in a soft pulpy state. ¹

4. Noun. In 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. ¹

5. Noun. Mashed potatoes. ¹

6. Noun. A mixture of meal or bran and water fed to animals. ¹

7. Noun. (obsolete) : A mess; trouble — Francis Beaumont & John Fletcher ¹

8. Verb. (transitive) 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. ¹

9. Verb. (transitive) To press down hard (on). ¹

10. Verb. (transitive southern US informal ) to press. ¹

11. Verb. (transitive UK) To prepare a cup of tea (in a teapot), alternative to brew ¹

12. Verb. to flirt, to make eyes, to make romantic advances ¹

13. Noun. (obsolete) an infatuation, a crush, a fancy ¹

14. Noun. (obsolete) a dandy, a masher ¹

15. Noun. (obsolete) the object of one’s affections (qualifier either sex) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Mash

1. to reduce to a pulpy mass [v -ED, -ING, -ES]

Medical Definition of Mash

1. 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, 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. Mash tun, a large tub used in making mash and wort. Origin: Akin to G. Meisch, maisch, meische, maische, mash, wash, and prob. To AS. Miscian to mix. 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, to convert, as malt, or malt and meal, into the mash which makes wort. Mashing tub, a tub for making the mash in breweries and distilleries; called also mash tun, and mash vat. Mashed potato. N. The name of a dance, briefly popular in the 1960's. Mashed potatoes n. Pl. Potatoes which have been boiled and mashed to a pulpy consistency, usu. With sparing addition of milk, salt, butter, or other flavoring. It is a popular accompaniment to a meat course [U.S, 1900's], providing bulk and calories to a meal. Origin: Akin to G. Meischen, maischen, to mash, mix, and prob. To mischen, E. Mix. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

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