FinnHun Finnish-Hungarian-English on-line dictionary and thesaurus

n (obsolete) A mesh

n (uncountable) A mass of mixed ingredients reduced to a soft pulpy state by beating or pressure; a mass of anything in a soft pulpy state.

n In 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.

n mashed potatoes | Mashed potatoes.

n A mixture of meal or bran and water fed to animals.

n (obsolete): A mess; trouble — w:Francis Beaumont | Francis Beaumont & w:John Fletcher (playwright)|John Fletcher

v (transitive) 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.

v (transitive) To press down hard (on).

v (transitive|southern US|informal|) to press.

v (transitive|UK) To prepare a cup of tea (in a teapot), alternative to brew

v to flirt, to make eyes, to make romantic advances

n (obsolete) an infatuation, a crush, a fancy

n (obsolete) a dandy, a masher

n (obsolete) the object of one’s affections (qualifier|either sex)