Dictionary Definition
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, crush, squelch, squeeze]
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, flirt, dally, butterfly, coquet, coquette, romance, philander]
3 reduce to small pieces or particles by pounding
or abrading; "grind the spices in a mortar"; "mash the garlic"
[syn: grind, crunch, bray, comminute]
User Contributed Dictionary
see MASH
English
Pronunciation
- , /mæʃ/, /m
Extensive Definition
Mash may mean:
-
Mobile Army Surgical Hospital, a United States Army medical
unit serving as a hospital in a combat area of operations
- M*A*S*H, a
depiction of a U.S. Mobile Army Surgical Hospital during the Korean
War:
- MASH: A Novel About Three Army Doctors, the original novel by Richard Hooker
- M*A*S*H (novels), a series of novels that followed the original
- MASH (film), a 1970 film based on the original novel
- M*A*S*H (TV series), a TV series inspired by the film
- AfterMASH, a spin-off TV series
- M*A*S*H, a
depiction of a U.S. Mobile Army Surgical Hospital during the Korean
War:
- MASH (game), a childhood fortune-telling game
- MASH (modulator), Multi-stage noise shaping
- Mash, a mixture of hot water and crushed grain that is used to produce malt beverages
- Yahoo! Mash, Yahoo's new social networking site, launched in early September 2007
- MASH-1, a cryptographic hash algorithm
- Mashup (web application hybrid), a web application that combines data from more than one source into a single integrated tool. (example mainstream media usage)
Mash may also refer to:
- Southern American term for "[de]press", i.e. "Mash the green button" or "Mash the gas pedal" rather than "Press the green button" or "Depress the gas pedal".
- A British slang term for mashed potatoes
- Bastard pop, also known as "mashing" and "mashups", a kind of pop-music remix
- "Monster Mash", a 1962 novelty song preformed by Bobby "Boris" Pickett
- Mashramani, often abbreviated to "Mash", a festival which takes place in Guyana on 23 February (Guyana Republic Day)
- A minor Biblical figure
mash in German:
Mash
mash in French:
MASH
mash in Hebrew: מש
(פירושונים)
mash in Norwegian:
Mash
mash in Japanese:
マッシュ
mash in Portuguese:
Feijão-da-china
mash in Polish:
MASH
mash in Russian: Мэш
(значения)
mash in Swedish:
M*A*S*H
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
TV dinner, abrade, alfresco meal, all sorts,
assemblage, assortment, atomize, barbecue, barley, bear, beat, bird seed, bran, bray, breakfast, brecciate, broad spectrum,
bruise, brunch, buffet supper, butter, calf love, case, cat food, cataplasm, chew, chicken feed, chop, clambake, clutter, coffee break, comminute, conglomeration, contriturate, cookout, corn, crowd, crumb, crumble, crush, cushion, dental pulp, diner, dinner, disintegrate, dog food,
ease, eatage, elevenses, ensilage, feed, fish fry, flour, fluff, fodder, forage, fragment, gallimaufry, gentle, grain, granulate, granulize, grate, grind, grind to powder, hash, hay, high tea, hodgepodge, hot luncheon,
hotchpot, hotchpotch, hugger-mugger,
infatuation,
jam, jumble, jungle, knead, laxate, levigate, limber, limber up, litter, loosen, lunch, luncheon, macerate, magpie, massage, masticate, meal, meat breakfast, medley, melange, mellow, mess, milden, mill, mingle-mangle, miscellany, mishmash, mix, mixed bag, mollify, muddle, mush, oats, odds and ends, olio, olla podrida,
omnium-gatherum, paper pulp, pash, passing fancy, paste, pasticcio, pastiche, pasturage, pasture, patchwork, pestle, pet food, petit dejeuner,
picnic, pith, plaster, plump, porridge, potpourri, poultice, pound, powder, provender, pudding, pulp, pulp lead, pulpify, pulpwood, pulverize, puppy love,
push, rag pulp, reduce to
powder, relax, rummage, salad, salmagundi, sauce, scramble, scratch, scratch feed, scrunch, shake up, shard, shred, silage, slops, smash, soften, soften up, sponge, squab, squash, squeeze, squish, stew, straw, subdue, sulfate pulp, sulfite
pulp, supper, supple, swill, tea, tea break, teatime, tenderize, tiffin, tone down, triturate, tumble, tune down, what you will,
wheat, white lead, wiener
roast, wienie roast, wood pulp