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Meaning and definition for "mash" word
[noun] a mixture of mashed malt grains and hot water; used in brewing
[verb] reduce to small pieces or particles by pounding or abrading; "grind the spices in a mortar"; "mash the garlic"
[verb] talk or behave amorously, without serious intentions; "The guys always try to chat up the new secretaries"; "My husband never flirts with other women"
[verb] to compress with violence, out of natural shape or condition; "crush an aluminum can"; "squeeze a lemon"
\Mash\, n. [Akin to G. meisch, maisch, meische, maische, mash, wash, and prob. to AS. miscian to mix. See {Mix}.] 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 tun}, a large tub used in making mash and wort.
\Mash\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Mashed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Mashing}.] [Akin to G. meischen, maischen, to mash, mix, and prob. to mischen, E. mix. See 2d {Mash}.] 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. {Mashing tub}, a tub for making the mash in breweries and distilleries; -- called also {mash tun}, and {mash vat}.
Synonyms for mash
bray, butterfly, chat up, comminute, coquet, coquette, crunch, crush, dally, flirt, grind, philander, romance, squash, squeeze, squelch
See also: break up | chicken feed | feed | fragment | fragmentise | fragmentize | mill | pestle | press | provender | pulp | scratch | sour mash | speak | stamp | steamroller | suspension | talk | telescope | tread | vamp | wanton | wring |
Related terms: abrade, bear, calf love, chop, crumb, crumble, fish fry, high tea, hotchpotch, infatuation, levigate, limber up, magpie, medley, mollify, relax, slops, sulfite pulp, tea break, teatime, TV dinner, wienie roast
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Let's analyse "mash" as pure text. This string has Four letters in One syllable and One vowel. 25% of vowels is 13.6% less then average English word. Written in backwards: HSAM. Average typing speed for these characters is 1135 milliseconds. [info]
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mash: 1 = 1, reduced: 1 . and the final result is One. |
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