1. Reduce to small pieces or particles by pounding or abrading
   "mash the garlic";
   - grind, crunch, bray [archaic], comminute [rare]
    
2. Use force to compress, making out of normal shape or condition
   "mash an aluminium can";
   - squash, crush, squelch, squeeze, squidge [informal], squish [informal]
    
3. [UK, dialect] Sit or let sit in boiling water so as to extract the flavour
   "the tea is mashing";
   - brew
    
4. [archaic] Talk or behave amorously, without serious intentions
   "He spent the evening mashing with the ladies at the dance";
   - chat up [informal], flirt, dally, coquet [rare], romance

1. [Brit, informal] Potato that has been peeled and boiled and then mashed
   "Creamy mashes complemented the roast beef";
   - mashed potato
    
2. A mixture of mashed malt grains and hot water; used in brewing
   "The brewer carefully prepared the mash for the new batch of beer"
    
3. Mixture of ground animal feeds
   "The stable hand prepared a mash for the horses"

Derived forms: mashing, mashed, mashes

Type of: aloo [Asia], alu [Asia], break up, feed, feedstuff, fragment, fragmentise [Brit], fragmentize, imbue, Irish potato [US], murphy [informal], potato, pratie [Ireland], praty [Ireland], press, provender, soak, speak, spud [informal], suspension, talk, tater [informal], tatie [UK, dialect], tattie [UK, dialect], white potato [US]

Encyclopedia: Mash