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mash

1   [mash]
–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, esp. 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:
bef. 1000; ME; OE mǣsc-, masc- (in compounds); c. G Maische
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2   [mash]
Older Slang.
–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 uncert. orig.
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MASH

   [mash]
–noun
mobile army surgical hospital.
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mash     (māsh)  Pronunciation Key 
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 *māsc, *mǣsc, māx- (in māxwyrt, wort); see meik- in Indo-European roots. V., sense 5, perhaps from Romany mash, to entice.]
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MASH     (māsh)  Pronunciation Key 
abbr.   Mobile Army Surgical Hospital
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mash  (n.)
late O.E. masc-wyrt "mash-wort, infused malt," from P.Gmc. *maisk- (cf. Swed. mäsk "grains for pigs," Ger. Maisch "crushed grapes," O.E. meox "dung, filth), from PIE *meigh- "to sprinkle" (cf. O.E. miscian "to mix," Skt. mehati "urinates," Gk. omeikhein, L. meiere "to urinate," Pol. miazga "sap"). Originally a word in brewing; general sense of "anything reduced to a soft pulpy consistency" is recorded from 1598. Short for mashed potatoes it is attested from 1904. The verb is O.E. mæscan, from the noun.

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mash

noun
1. a mixture of mashed malt grains and hot water; used in brewing 
2. mixture of ground animal feeds 

verb
1. to compress with violence, out of natural shape or condition; "crush an aluminum can"; "squeeze a lemon" [syn: squash] 
2. talk or behave amorously, without serious intentions; "The guys always try to chat up the new secretaries"; "My husband never flirts with other women" [syn: chat up] 
3. reduce to small pieces or particles by pounding or abrading; "grind the spices in a mortar"; "mash the garlic" [syn: grind] 

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MASH abbr.
Mobile Army Surgical Hospital

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Main Entry: MASH
Function: abbreviation
mobile army surgical hospital

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Mash

Mash\, n. A mesh. [Obs.]

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Mash\, n. [Akin to G. meisch, maisch, meische, maische, mash, wash, and prob. to AS. miscian to mix. See Mix.]

1. 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.

2. A mixture of meal or bran and water fed to animals.

3. A mess; trouble. [Obs.] --Beau. & Fl.

Mash tun, a large tub used in making mash and wort.

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Mash\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Mashed; p. pr. & vb. n. Mashing.] [Akin to G. meischen, maischen, to mash, mix, and prob. to mischen, E. mix. See 2d Mash.] 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.

Mashing tub, a tub for making the mash in breweries and distilleries; -- called also mash tun, and mash vat.

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Mash

(= 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.

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MASH
Mobile Army Surgical Hospital

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