mash

CEFRB1

/mæʃ/

verb · noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    verb

    To crush food into a soft mass.

  2. 02

    noun

    Food that has been crushed into a soft mass.

Examples

  • Peel the bananas and mash them with a fork.

  • We had fun mashing apples in a mill.

At a glance

Sits at B1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
2
Citations
5
Synonyms
5

Also pronounced

  • [maʃ]

Deep Dive

verb

Extra meanings

  1. 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. Mashed potatoes.

noun

Extra meaning

  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.

More examples

In context

  • She likes Lake Mashū.

  • The potatoes need to be mashed.

  • to mash on a bicycle pedal

Synonyms

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Origin

verb

From Middle English mash, from Old English mǣsċ, māsċ, māx, from Proto-Germanic *maiskaz, *maiskō (“mixture, mash”), from Proto-Indo-European *meyǵ-, *meyḱ- (“to mix”). Akin to German Meisch, Maische (“mash”), (compare meischen, maischen (“to mash, wash”)), Swedish mäsk (“mash”), and to Old English miscian (“to mix”). See mix.