mash

Pronunciation: /maʃ/

Definition of mash

[with object]

1reduce (a food or other substance) to a pulpy mass by crushing it:mash the beans to a paste (as adjective mashed)mashed banana
crush or smash (something) to a pulp:he almost had his head mashed by a slamming door
US & West Indian informal press forcefully on (something):the worst thing you can do is mash the brake pedal
US & West Indian informal attack or assault:they both got mashed up pretty bad

2(in brewing) mix (powdered malt) with hot water to form wort: the barley is dried out over peat fires and mashed with water which flows through peat ground

3Northern English (with reference to tea) brew or infuse: I’ve just mashed a pot of tea [no object]:we’d let the pot mash for ten minutes

a soft mass made by crushing a substance into a pulp, sometimes with the addition of liquid:pound the garlic to a mash
[mass noun] British informal mashed potato:for supper there was sausages and mash
[mass noun] bran mixed with hot water, given as a warm food to horses and other animals: a bucket of mash
[mass noun] (in brewing) a mixture of powdered malt and hot water, which is left to stand until the sugars dissolve to form the wort: the brewer now transfers the mash to a mash tun

Phrasal Verbs

mash something up: informal mix or combine two or more different elements: in my films I’ve always tried to artfully mash up genres Dinsdale mashes up dance styles like UK garage, house, and hip-hop with masterful aplomb

Old English māsc (as a brewing term), of West Germanic origin; perhaps ultimately related to mix

Definition of mash in the US English dictionary