mash

Short definition from Wiktionary

Noun

1. 1
   A mass of mixed ingredients reduced to a soft pulpy state by beating or pressure; a mass of anything in a soft pulpy state.
2. 2
   Ground or bruised malt, or meal of rye, wheat, corn, or other grain (or a mixture of malt and meal) steeped and stirred in hot water for making the wort.
3. 3
   Mashed potatoes.
4. 4
   A mixture of meal or bran and water fed to animals.
5. 5
   A mess; trouble.
6. 6
   A mesh.
7. 7
   An infatuation, a crush, a fancy.
8. 8
   A dandy, a masher.
9. 9
   The object of one’s affections (regardless of sex).
10. 10
    A gun.
11. 11
    Alternative form of maash (“mung bean”).
12. 12
    Acronym of Mobile Army Surgical Hospital.
13. 13
    Initialism of municipal, academic, schools and hospitals

Verb

1. 1
   To convert into a mash; to reduce to a soft pulpy state by beating or pressure
2. 2
   In brewing, to convert (for example malt, or malt and meal) into the mash which makes wort, by mixing it with hot water.
3. 3
   To prepare a cup of tea in a teapot; to brew (tea).
4. 4
   To press down hard (on).
5. 5
   To press.
6. 6
   To act violently.
7. 7
   To press (a button) rapidly and repeatedly.
8. 8
   To flirt, to make eyes, to make romantic advances.

Proper noun

1. 1
   A surname.