mashes

Verb

mash (third-person singular simple present mashes, present participle mashing, simple past and past participle mashed)

1. (transitive) To convert into a mash; to reduce to a soft pulpy state by beating or pressure
   • We had fun mashing apples in a mill.

   Synonyms:

   pomate

2. (transitive) In brewing, to convert (for example malt, or malt and meal) into the mash which makes wort, by mixing it with hot water.
3. (Northern England, UK, Yorkshire, transitive, Lancashire) To prepare a cup of tea in a teapot; to brew (tea).
   • He took the kettle off the fire and mashed the tea.1913, D[avid] H[erbert] Lawrence, “Chapter 10”, in Sons and Lovers, London: Duckworth & Co. […], →OCLC
4. (ambitransitive) To press down hard (on).
   • to mash on a bicycle pedal
5. (Southern US, informal, transitive) To press.
6. (archaic, intransitive) To act violently.

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