noun🔗ShareA mass of mixed ingredients reduced to a soft pulpy state by beating or pressure; a mass of anything in a soft pulpy state."The mashed potatoes were too cold for dinner. "foodsubstancemassChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareGround 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."The brewer carefully measured the mash for the new batch of beer. "fooddrinkagriculturechemistryChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareMashed potatoes."For dinner, we had a delicious bowl of mash. "foodvegetableChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareA mixture of meal or bran and water fed to animals."The farmer gave the pigs a generous portion of mash for breakfast. "animalfoodagricultureChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareA mess; trouble."The argument between the siblings created a real mash at the dinner table. "situationdisasterChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareA gun."My grandfather kept his prized antique mash in a safe at the gun range. "weaponChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo convert into a mash; to reduce to a soft pulpy state by beating or pressure"The potatoes need to be mashed."foodprocessChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareIn brewing, to convert (for example malt, or malt and meal) into the mash which makes wort."The brewer mashed the barley malt to create the liquid wort for the beer. "drinkfoodprocessindustryChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo press down hard (on)."to mash on a bicycle pedal"foodutensilactionChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo press."I used a fork to mash the soft banana for the baby. "foodutensilactionChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo prepare a cup of tea in a teapot; to brew (tea)."Grandma mashed the tea leaves in her teapot to make a strong cup of tea for everyone. "drinkfoodutensilChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo act violently."The angry student massed the papers on the teacher's desk. "actionwarChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareA mesh."The construction workers used a strong mash to sift through the gravel, separating the large rocks from the finer sand. "materialstructureChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareAn infatuation, a crush, a fancy""She has a big mash on the new student in her class." "emotionmindhumanChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareA dandy, a masher"That new student, a real mash, is quite the ladies' man at school. "appearancestylepersonChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareThe object of one’s affections (either sex)"My little sister's mash is the popular boy in her class. "personsexhumanattitudeemotionChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo flirt, to make eyes, to make romantic advances"At the school dance, Sarah mashed on the new boy in her class. "communicationactionhumansexChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading