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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Alexandra Emanuelli, Southern Living, 14 Oct. 2025
New York's roster led the league in home runs this season, mashing 30 more than the next team with 274 overall, and scored 849 runs, the most in the league.
—Shaun McAvoy, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Oct. 2025
Jason Lloyd, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025
To craft this new expression, Woodford Reserve's Master Distiller Elizabeth McCall used a pre-Prohibition style mash bill of 53% rye, the same mash bill as Woodford Reserve Rye.
—Amanda Hancock, Louisville Courier Journal, 2 Oct. 2025
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Verb
For finishing touches, top it with whatever salsa is hanging around in the fridge, or mash up an avocado and call it guac.
—Alexandra Emanuelli, Southern Living, 14 Oct. 2025
New York's roster led the league in home runs this season, mashing 30 more than the next team with 274 overall, and scored 849 runs, the most in the league.
—Shaun McAvoy, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Oct. 2025
Noun
Teams that win big in October usually mash.
—Jason Lloyd, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025
To craft this new expression, Woodford Reserve's Master Distiller Elizabeth McCall used a pre-Prohibition style mash bill of 53% rye, the same mash bill as Woodford Reserve Rye.
—Amanda Hancock, Louisville Courier Journal, 2 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for mash
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“Mash.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mash. Accessed 21 Oct. 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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