mashed

[masht]

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noun Informal.

mashed potatoes: The pork chop comes with string beans and mashed.

Origin of mashed

First recorded in 1920–25

Related formsun·mashed, adjective

mash

[mash]

verb (used with object)

to crush: He mashed his thumb with a hammer.

to reduce to a soft, pulpy mass, as by beating or pressure, especially in the preparation of food.

to mix (crushed malt or meal of grain) with hot water to form wort.

noun

a soft, pulpy mass.

a pulpy condition.

a mixture of boiled grain, bran, meal, etc., fed warm to horses and cattle.

crushed malt or meal of grain mixed with hot water to form wort.

British Slang. mashed potatoes.

Origin of mash

before 1000; Middle English; Old English mǣsc-, masc- (in compounds); cognate with German Maische

mash

[mash]Older Slang.

noun

a flirtation or infatuation.

a flirt; sweetheart; lover.

verb (used with object)

to flirt with; court the affections of.

Origin of mash

1880–85; orig. theatrical argot; of uncertain origin

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Related Words for mashed

smashed, mixed, reduced, squashed, pounded, steeped, chewed, battered, pasty, spongy, pulpy, doughy

Examples from the Web for mashed

Contemporary Examples of mashed

She also recommends the banana split shake: strawberry, chocolate, and a mashed banana.
The Most American Pit Stop in the U.S.A.
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July 21, 2014
In her cramped kitchen she mashed pork fat with oatmeal and sculpted a loaf, which she fried up in patties.
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April 8, 2014
Then he mashed the two books together to produce a kind of “greatest hits” package—The Complete Plain Words.
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The Telegraph
March 30, 2014
Speaking of pop culture figures, your character in the book calls Kim Kardashian “liver and mashed potatoes.”
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August 27, 2013
But when the storm makes landfall, you get the small waves along with the big, all mashed together in a disorganized jumble.
The Case Against Surfing Hurricane Sandy
Josh Dzieza
October 30, 2012

Historical Examples of mashed

You may add to it some hard-boiled yolk of egg, mashed in the oil.
Directions for Cookery, in its Various Branches
Eliza Leslie
Send apple-sauce to table with the goose; also mashed potatoes.
Directions for Cookery, in its Various Branches
Eliza Leslie
If onions are not liked, mashed turnips are the appropriate vegetable.
Culture and Cooking
Catherine Owen
Dish the sweetbreads on a border of mashed potatoes, and pour the same over them.
The Skilful Cook
Mary Harrison
Dish the sweetbreads in a circle on a border of mashed potatoes.
The Skilful Cook
Mary Harrison

British Dictionary definitions for mashed

mashed

adjective

slang intoxicated; drunk

MASH

n acronym for (in the US)

Mobile Army Surgical Hospital

mash

noun

a soft pulpy mass or consistency

agriculture a feed of bran, meal, or malt mixed with water and fed to horses, cattle, or poultry

(esp in brewing) a mixture of mashed malt grains and hot water, from which malt is extracted

British informal mashed potatoes

Northern English dialect a brew of tea

verb (tr)

to beat or crush into a mash

to steep (malt grains) in hot water in order to extract malt, esp for making malt liquors

Northern English dialect to brew (tea)

archaic to flirt with

Derived Formsmashed, adjectivemasher, noun

Word Origin for mash

Old English mǣsc- (in compound words); related to Middle Low German mēsch

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Word Origin and History for mashed

mash

Old English mæscan, "to mix with hot water," from same root as mash (n.). Meaning "to beat into a soft mass" is mid-13c. Related: Mashed; mashing. For romantic sense, see masher.

mash

"soft mixture," late Old English *masc (in masc-wyrt "mash-wort, infused malt"), from Proto-Germanic *maisk- (cf. Swedish mäsk "grains for pigs," German Maisch "crushed grapes, infused malt," Old English meox "dung, filth"), from PIE *meik- "to mix" (see mix (v.)). Originally a word in brewing; general sense of "anything reduced to a soft pulpy consistency" is recorded from 1590s, as is the figurative sense "confused mixture, muddle." Short for mashed potatoes it is attested from 1904.

mashed in Medicine

MASH

abbr.

Mobile Army Surgical Hospital