VERB | contact | mash, squash, crush, squelch, squeeze | to compress with violence, out of natural shape or condition |
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communication | mash, chat up, flirt, dally, butterfly, coquet, coquette, romance, philander | talk / talk or behave amorously, without serious intentions | |
change | mash, grind, crunch, bray, comminute | reduce to small pieces or particles by pounding or abrading | |
NOUN | substance | mash | a mixture of mashed malt grains and hot water |
food | mash | mixture / mixture of ground animal feeds |
Sounds | mae'sh | |
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Rhymes | abash ... whiplash: 38 rhymes with aesh... |
Meaning | A mixture of mashed malt grains and hot water; used in brewing. | |
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Narrower | sour mash | A mash with optimum acidity for yeast fermentation |
Broader | suspension | A mixture in which fine particles are suspended in a fluid where they are supported by buoyancy |
Spanish | malta remojada | |
Verbs | mash | reduce to small pieces or particles by pounding or abrading |
mash | to compress with violence, out of natural shape or condition |
Meaning | mixture / mixture of ground animal feeds. | |
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Narrower | chicken feed, scratch | dry mash for poultry |
Broader | feed, provender | Food for domestic livestock |
Verbs | mash | reduce to small pieces or particles by pounding or abrading |
mash | to compress with violence, out of natural shape or condition |
Meaning | To compress with violence, out of natural shape or condition. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody; Something ----s something | |
Synonyms | squash, crush, squelch, squeeze | |
Narrower | stamp | crush or grind with a heavy instrument |
steamroller | crush with a steamroller as if to level | |
telescope | crush together or collapse | |
tread | crush as if by treading on | |
wring | Twist, squeeze, or compress in order to extract liquid | |
Broader | press | Exert pressure or force to or upon |
Spanish | aplastar, chafar, chapotear, estrujar, machacar, majar, moler | |
Catalan | aclaparar, aixafar, esclafar, esprémer, moldre, xafar | |
Nouns | mash | mixture / mixture of ground animal feeds |
mash | a mixture of mashed malt grains and hot water |
Meaning | talk / talk or behave amorously, without serious intentions. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s PP | |
Synonyms | chat up, flirt, dally, butterfly, coquet, coquette, romance, philander | |
Narrower | vamp | Act seductively with (someone) |
wanton | Engage in amorous play | |
Broader | talk, speak | Exchange thoughts |
Spanish | coquetear, flirtear | |
Catalan | coquetejar, flirtar, flirtejar | |
Nouns | masher | a man who is aggressive in making amorous advances to women |
Meaning | Reduce to small pieces or particles by pounding or abrading. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
Example | "mash the garlic" | |
Synonyms | grind, crunch, bray, comminute | |
Narrower | mill | grind with a mill |
pestle | grind, mash or pulverize in a mortar | |
pulp | Reduce to pulp | |
Broader | break up, fragment, fragmentize, fragmentise | break or cause to break into pieces |
Spanish | aplastar, dilacerar, machacar, majar, moler, picar | |
Catalan | capolar, moldre, molinar, picolar, triturar | |
Nouns | mash | mixture / mixture of ground animal feeds |
mash | a mixture of mashed malt grains and hot water | |
masher | a kitchen utensil used for mashing (e.g. potatoes) |
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