mash1

[mash] /mæʃ/
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
4.
a soft, pulpy mass.
5.
a pulpy condition.
6.
a mixture of boiled grain, bran, meal, etc., fed warm to horses and cattle.
7.
crushed malt or meal of grain mixed with hot water to form wort.
8.
British Slang. mashed potatoes.
Origin
before 1000; Middle English; Old English mǣsc-, masc- (in compounds); cognate with German Maische

mash2

[mash] /mæʃ/
noun
1.
a flirtation or infatuation.
2.
a flirt; sweetheart; lover.
verb (used with object)
3.
to flirt with; court the affections of.
Origin
1880-85; orig. theatrical argot; of uncertain origin

MASH

[mash] /mæʃ/
noun
1.
mobile army surgical hospital.
Examples from the web for mash
  • Wheat bran is fed to horses in the form of a warm porridge or mash.
  • Bran mash is considered an excellent way to get the horse to drink more water.
  • The grain does not act like a filtration medium in a mash filter.
British Dictionary definitions for mash

mash

/mæʃ/
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.
(Brit, informal) mashed potatoes
5.
(Northern English, dialect) a brew of tea
verb (transitive)
6.
to beat or crush into a mash
7.
to steep (malt grains) in hot water in order to extract malt, esp for making malt liquors
8.
(Northern English, dialect) to brew (tea)
9.
(archaic) to flirt with
Derived Forms
mashed, adjective
masher, noun
Word Origin
Old English mǣsc- (in compound words); related to Middle Low German mēsch

MASH

/mæʃ/
noun acronym (in the US)
1.
Mobile Army Surgical Hospital
Word Origin and History for mash
n.

"soft mixture," late Old English *masc (in masc-wyrt "mash-wort, infused malt"), from Proto-Germanic *maisk- (cf. Swedish mäsk "grains for pigs," German Maisch "crushed grapes, infused malt," Old English meox "dung, filth"), from PIE *meik- "to mix" (see mix (v.)). Originally a word in brewing; general sense of "anything reduced to a soft pulpy consistency" is recorded from 1590s, as is the figurative sense "confused mixture, muddle." Short for mashed potatoes it is attested from 1904.

v.

Old English mæscan, "to mix with hot water," from same root as mash (n.). Meaning "to beat into a soft mass" is mid-13c. Related: Mashed; mashing. For romantic sense, see masher.

mash in Medicine

MASH abbr.
Mobile Army Surgical Hospital

Slang definitions & phrases for mash

mash

noun
  1. Love or a love affair: just another mash (1920s+)
  2. A lover, of either sex: her latest big mash (1879+)
verb
  1. To make a sexual advance to; proposition: I wouldn't try to mash anybody like you (1882+)
  2. To neck, pet, etc; make out: My blind date and I felt just a little uncomfortable when you guys started mashing in the backseat last night (1980s+ Students)
Related Terms

mish-mash

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Related Abbreviations for mash

MASH

Mobile Army Surgical Hospital
mash in the Bible

(= Meshech 1 Chr. 1:17), one of the four sons of Aram, and the name of a tribe descended from him (Gen. 10:23) inhabiting some part probably of Mesopotamia. Some have supposed that they were the inhabitants of Mount Masius, the present Karja Baghlar, which forms part of the chain of Taurus.