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See more synonyms for mashed on Thesaurus.com mashed potatoes: The pork chop comes with string beans and mashed. Show More
Origin of mashed First recorded in 1920–25
Related forms un·mashed , adjective 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. Show More
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. Show More
Origin of mash 1 before 1000; Middle English; Old English mǣsc-, masc- (in compounds); cognate with German Maische
a flirtation or infatuation. a flirt; sweetheart; lover. Show More
to flirt with; court the affections of. Show More
Origin of mash 2 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.
In her cramped kitchen she mashed pork fat with oatmeal and sculpted a loaf, which she fried up in patties.
Then he mashed the two books together to produce a kind of “greatest hits” package—The Complete Plain Words.
Speaking of pop culture figures, your character in the book calls Kim Kardashian “liver and mashed potatoes.”
But when the storm makes landfall, you get the small waves along with the big, all mashed together in a disorganized jumble.
Historical Examples of mashed You may add to it some hard-boiled yolk of egg, mashed in the oil.
Send apple-sauce to table with the goose; also mashed potatoes.
If onions are not liked, mashed turnips are the appropriate vegetable.
Dish the sweetbreads on a border of mashed potatoes, and pour the same over them.
Dish the sweetbreads in a circle on a border of mashed potatoes.
British Dictionary definitions for mashed n acronym for (in the US) Mobile Army Surgical Hospital Show More
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 Show More
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 Show More
Derived Forms mashed , adjective masher , 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 v. 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 .
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n. "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.
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