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.com, 2 Apr. 2025
Like all Wild Turkey bourbon, the 8-Year-Old 101 whiskey uses our tried and true mash bill and distillation process.
—Joseph V Micallef, Forbes.com, 2 Apr. 2025
Steve Gorten, Miami Herald, 13 Apr. 2025
Even Enrique Hernández and Will Smith are mashing the covering off the ball.
—Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 11 Apr. 2025
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Noun
For an in-depth look on how high rye mash bills shapes the aroma and flavor profile of bourbon, see The World’s Best High Rye Bourbons.
—Joseph V Micallef, Forbes.com, 2 Apr. 2025
Like all Wild Turkey bourbon, the 8-Year-Old 101 whiskey uses our tried and true mash bill and distillation process.
—Joseph V Micallef, Forbes.com, 2 Apr. 2025
Verb
Mervis mashed another long ball in the Marlins’ 11-4 rout of the Nationals at loanDepot park Sunday afternoon, crushing reliever Jorge Lopez’s 94-mph fastball 411 feet over the center-field wall as a pinch-hitter in the seventh inning.
—Steve Gorten, Miami Herald, 13 Apr. 2025
Even Enrique Hernández and Will Smith are mashing the covering off the ball.
—Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 11 Apr. 2025
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“Mash.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mash. Accessed 22 Apr. 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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