What is "mash"

MASH \MASH\, MASH \M*A*S*H\, n. (Mil.) An abbreviation for Mobile Army Surgical Hospital, consisting of the equipment and personnel required to perform emergency operations on injured soldiers, located in tents near the front lines of combat; as, he worked in the 25th MASH.

"soft mixture," late Old English *masc (in masc-wyrt "mash-wort, infused malt"), from Proto-Germanic *maisk- (cognates: Swedish mäsk "grains for pigs," German Maisch "crushed grapes, infused malt," Old English meox "dung, filth"), from PIE *meik- "to mix" (see mix (v.)). Originally a word in brewing; general sense of "anything reduced to a soft pulpy consistency" is recorded from 1590s, as is the figurative sense "confused mixture, muddle." Short for mashed potatoes it is attested from 1904.

Old English mæscan, "to mix with hot water," from same root as mash (n.). Meaning "to beat into a soft mass" is mid-13c. Related: Mashed; mashing. For romantic sense, see masher.

Etymology 1 n. (context obsolete English) A mesh Etymology 2

n. 1 (context uncountable English) 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 In brewing, 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 mashed potatoes. 4 A mixture of meal or bran and water fed to animals. 5 (context obsolete English): A mess; trouble. vb. 1 (context transitive English) To convert into a mash; to reduce to a soft pulpy state by beating or pressure; to bruise; to crush; as, to mash apples in a mill, or potatoes with a pestle. Specifically (Brewing), to convert, as malt, or malt and meal, into the mash which makes wort. 2 (context transitive English) To press down hard (on). 3 (context transitive southern US informal English) to press. 4 (context transitive UK English) To prepare a cup of tea (in a teapot), alternative to brew; used mainly in Northern England Etymology 3

n. 1 (context obsolete English) an infatuation, a crush, a fancy 2 (context obsolete English) a dandy, a masher 3 (context obsolete English) the object of one’s affections (qualifier: either sex) vb. to flirt, to make eyes, to make romantic advances

1. v. to compress with violence, out of natural shape or condition; "crush an aluminum can"; "squeeze a lemon" [syn: squash, crush, squelch, squeeze]

2. talk or behave amorously, without serious intentions; "The guys always try to chat up the new secretaries"; "My husband never flirts with other women" [syn: chat up, flirt, dally, butterfly, coquet, coquette, romance, philander]

3. reduce to small pieces or particles by pounding or abrading; "grind the spices in a mortar"; "mash the garlic" [syn: grind, crunch, bray, comminute]

1. n. a mixture of mashed malt grains and hot water; used in brewing

2. mixture of ground animal feeds

Mash, MASH, or M*A*S*H may refer to:

MASH ("Modern American Steak House") is a chain of high-end steakhouses based out of Copenhagen, Denmark.

MASH is a two-player paper-and-pencil game, commonly played by preteens intended to predict one's future. The name is an abbreviation of "Mansion, Apartment, Shack/Street/Shed/Sewers, and House". The game can be expanded to "DMASH" (the D standing for Dome) or "MASHO" (O standing for outhouse) or "MASH-IT" (the I standing for igloo and the T for tent).

The game revolves around a set of headings or categories, such as, who player 1 will be married to, how many kids they will have, the car they will drive, what pets they will have, their job, and yearly income.

Regional variations of this game exist. In New Zealand, the game is called PRAM, an abbreviation of "Poor, Rich, Average, or Millionaire".

MASH (stylized as M*A*S*H on the poster art) is a 1970 American satirical black comedy war film directed by Robert Altman and written by Ring Lardner, Jr., based on Richard Hooker's novel MASH: A Novel About Three Army Doctors. The picture is the only feature film in the M*A*S*H franchise and became one of the biggest films of the early 1970s for 20th Century Fox.

The film depicts a unit of medical personnel stationed at a Mobile Army Surgical Hospital (MASH) during the Korean War; the subtext is about the Vietnam War. It stars Donald Sutherland, Tom Skerritt, and Elliott Gould, with Sally Kellerman, Robert Duvall, René Auberjonois, Gary Burghoff, Roger Bowen, Michael Murphy, and in his film debut, professional football player Fred Williamson.

The film won Grand Prix du Festival International du Film, later named Palme d'Or, at 1970 Cannes Film Festival. The film went on to receive five Academy Award nominations, including Best Picture, and won for Best Adapted Screenplay. The Academy Film Archive preserved "M*A*S*H" in 2000. The film inspired the popular and critically acclaimed television series M*A*S*H, which ran from 1972 to 1983.