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mash /ˈmæʃ/
(v.)磨碎,搗爛糊狀物,土豆泥,亂糟糟的一團向…調情
Mash, n.
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.]
Mash tun, a large tub used in making mash and wort.
Mash, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Mashed p. pr. & vb. n. Mashing.] 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.
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mash
n 1: a mixture of mashed malt grains and hot water; used in
brewing
2: mixture of ground animal feeds
v 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]
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.