Definition of MASH

mash

Plural: mashes

Noun

  • a mixture of mashed malt grains and hot water; used in brewing
  • mixture of ground animal feeds
  • A mass of mixed ingredients reduced to a soft pulpy state by beating or pressure; a mass of anything in a soft pulpy state.
  • 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.
  • Mashed potatoes.
  • A mixture of meal or bran and water fed to animals.
  • A mess; trouble.
  • A mesh.
  • An infatuation, a crush, a fancy.
  • A dandy, a masher.
  • The object of one’s affections (regardless of sex).
  • A gun.
  • Alternative form of maash (“mung bean”).

Verb

Verb Forms: mashed, mashing, mashes

  • To reduce something to a soft, pulpy mass by crushing.
  • to compress with violence, out of natural shape or condition
  • talk or behave amorously, without serious intentions
  • reduce to small pieces or particles by pounding or abrading
    • "mash the garlic"
  • To convert into a mash; to reduce to a soft pulpy state by beating or pressure
  • In brewing, to convert (for example malt, or malt and meal) into the mash which makes wort, by mixing it with hot water.
  • To prepare a cup of tea in a teapot; to brew (tea).
  • To press down hard (on).
  • To press.
  • To act violently.
  • To press (a button) rapidly and repeatedly.
  • To flirt, to make eyes, to make romantic advances.

Examples

  • He had to MASH his letters together mentally to find a valid word, but it paid off.
  • The potatoes need to be mashed.
  • We had fun mashing apples in a mill.

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English mash, from Old English mǣsċ, māsċ, māx, from Proto-Germanic *maiskaz, *maiskō (“mixture, mash”), from Proto-Indo-European *meyǵ-, *meyḱ- (“to mix”). Akin to German Meisch, Maische (“mash”), (compare meischen, maischen (“to mash, wash”)), Swedish mäsk (“mash”), and to Old English miscian (“to mix”). See mix.

Scrabble Score: 9

mash: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
mash: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
mash: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 9

mash: valid Words With Friends Word