| 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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