mash : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: mash	by the DICT Development Group
6 results for mash
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
mash n a mixture of mashed malt grains and hot water; used in brewing mixture of ground animal feeds v to compress with violence, out of natural shape or condition; "crush an aluminum can"; "squeeze a lemon" Synonym(s): squash, crush, squelch, mash, squeeze talk or behave amorously, without serious intentions; "The guys always try to chat up the new secretaries"; "My husband never flirts with other women" Synonym(s): chat up, flirt, dally, butterfly, coquet, coquette, romance, philander, mash reduce to small pieces or particles by pounding or abrading; "grind the spices in a mortar"; "mash the garlic" Synonym(s): grind, mash, crunch, bray, comminute
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Mash \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}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Mash \Mash\, n. A mesh. [Obs.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Mash \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.
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
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.
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:
Mash, same as Meshech