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mash

mash


MASH  (msh)
abbr.
Mobile Army Surgical Hospital

mash  (msh)
n.
1. A fermentable starchy mixture from which alcohol or spirits can be distilled.
2. A mixture of ground grain and nutrients fed to livestock and fowl.
3. A soft pulpy mixture or mass.
4. Chiefly British Mashed potatoes.
5. A crushing or grinding.
6. Slang An infatuation or act of flirtation.
tr.v. mashed, mash·ing, mash·es
1. To convert (malt or grain) into mash.
2. To convert into a soft pulpy mixture: mash potatoes.
3. To crush or grind. See Synonyms at crush.
4. Chiefly Southern & South Midland U.S. To apply pressure to; press.
5. Slang To flirt with or make sexual advances to.

[Middle English mash- (as in mashfat, mash tub), from Old English *msc, *msc, mx- (in mxwyrt, wort); see meik- in Indo-European roots. V., sense 5, perhaps from Romany mash, to entice.]


mash  /m/  v. [T] mashes to press into a mass: She mashed bananas to feed to her baby.||Mashed potatoes taste good with butter or gravy.
n. [C;U] mashes a wet mixture, such as grain and water: Distillers use a mash to make alcohol. mash

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