mashed; mashing; mashes
2
: to subject (a substance, such as crushed malt) to the action of water with heating and stirring in preparing wort
1
: a mixture of ground feeds for livestock
2
: crushed malt or grain meal steeped and stirred in hot water to produce wort
3
: a soft pulpy mass
4
British
: mashed potatoes
mashed; mashing; mashes
: to flirt with or seek the affection of
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Examples of mash in a Sentence
Verb (1)
this press can mash 10 bushels of apples at a time
mash the ripe banana before adding it to the mixture
Noun (2)
she's usually got a mash on moviedom's hunk du jour
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Joseph V Micallef, Forbes, 23 Jan. 2025
The moniker is a mash up of the brothers’ family name and the Madrone trees that grace the property.
—Mike Desimone and Jeff Jenssen, Robb Report, 2 Dec. 2024
Brian Cheung, NBC News, 30 Jan. 2025
Its politics were also more oblique, less recognizably ideological, and seemingly more interested in mashing together messy ideas and messy people.
—Zak Cheney-Rice, Vulture, 29 Jan. 2025
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Noun
High West emphasizes sustainability and transparency, often detailing the mash bills, ages, and origins of the whiskeys in its blends.
—Joseph V Micallef, Forbes, 23 Jan. 2025
The moniker is a mash up of the brothers’ family name and the Madrone trees that grace the property.
—Mike Desimone and Jeff Jenssen, Robb Report, 2 Dec. 2024
Verb
But artificial intelligence and new technology could soon make the chain gang obsolete, with an advanced system known as Hawk-Eye aspiring to make the game faster and more accurate by mashing together high-tech software with a lot of cameras.
—Brian Cheung, NBC News, 30 Jan. 2025
Its politics were also more oblique, less recognizably ideological, and seemingly more interested in mashing together messy ideas and messy people.
—Zak Cheney-Rice, Vulture, 29 Jan. 2025
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“Mash.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mash. Accessed 10 Feb. 2025.
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mash
1 of 2 noun1
: crushed malt or grain meal soaked and stirred in hot water
2
: a mixture of ground feeds for livestock
3
: a soft pulpy mass
mash
2 of 2 verb1
: to make into a soft pulpy mass by beating or pressure
2
: to expose crushed malt to the action of water with heating and stirring
masher
noun
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