mashing

mashing is the present participle and gerund of mash.

Noun

mashing (countable and uncountable, plural mashings)

The process by which something is mashed or beaten to pulp.
- In the culinary process, there are none of those peelings and washings as in the case of potatoes and turnips, […] none of those squeezings and mashings and choppings, before the worthless mess can be got upon the table.1847, Food for the Million. Maize against potato
The action of soaking malted barley etc., in order to convert starch into sugars as part of the brewing process.
- More hot water is added, and the mashing process repeated, until the grain has been wholly deprived of its saccharine matter, which is generally accomplished by three, or at the most, four mashings[…]1835, Robert Dundas Thomson, Thomas Thomson, Records of General Science, volume 2, page 459
The process of preparing tea in a teapot.

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

(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
(transitive) In brewing, to convert (for example malt, or malt and meal) into the mash which makes wort, by mixing it with hot water.
(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
(ambitransitive) To press down hard (on).
- to mash on a bicycle pedal
(Southern US, informal, transitive) To press.
(archaic, intransitive) To act violently.

plural	mashings

What does mashing mean?: Mashing means the process by which something is mashed or beaten to pulp.
What is mashing the present participle and gerund of?: Mashing is the present participle and gerund of mash.
What part of speech is mashing?: Mashing is a noun.
What is the plural of mashing?: The plural of mashing is mashings.

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