Definition of mash

noun (n)

• a mixture of mashed malt grains and hot water; used in brewing (noun.substance)

  source: wordnet30
• mixture of ground animal feeds (noun.food)

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• A mesh. (noun)

  source: webster1913
• 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. (noun)

  source: webster1913

verb (v)

• to compress with violence, out of natural shape or condition (verb.contact)

  Synonym: crush, squash, squeeze, squelch
  

  source: wordnet30
• talk or behave amorously, without serious intentions (verb.communication)

  Synonym: butterfly, chat up, coquet, coquette, dally, flirt, philander, romance
  

  source: wordnet30
• reduce to small pieces or particles by pounding or abrading (verb.change)

  Synonym: bray, comminute, crunch, grind
  

  Example:
  Mash the garlic.
  

  source: wordnet30
• 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. (verb)

  source: webster1913

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