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mash / mash/ • n. a uniform mass made by crushing a substance into a soft pulp, sometimes with the addition of liquid: pound the garlic to a mash. ∎ bran mixed with hot water given as a warm food to horses or other animals. ∎ Brit., inf. mashed potatoes. ∎ (in brewing) a mixture of powdered malt and hot water, which is stood until the sugars dissolve to form the wort. • v. [tr.] 1. reduce (a food or other substance) to a uniform mass by crushing it: mash the beans to a paste| [as adj.] (mashed) mashed bananas. ∎ crush or smash (something) to a pulp: he almost had his head mashed by a slamming door. ∎ inf. press forcefully on (something): the worst thing you can do is mash the brake pedal. 2. (in brewing) mix (powdered malt) with hot water to form wort. 3. Brit., inf. infuse or brew (tea). ∎ [intr.] (of tea) draw; brew. |
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"mash." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. 1 Jun. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "mash." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. (June 1, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-mash005.html "mash." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Retrieved June 01, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-mash005.html |
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Mash from a novel (1968) by the American writer Richard Hooker, subsequently a film and (1973–84) a highly successful television series; Mash shows an American Mobile Army Surgical Hospital during the Korean War, staffed by Hawkeye Pierce and his colleagues. It is characterized by an irreverent and anti-militaristic spirit, and a realistic sense of the urgency, and capacity for invention and compromise, required in medical staff dealing with battlefield casualties.
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ELIZABETH KNOWLES. "Mash." The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. 1 Jun. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. ELIZABETH KNOWLES. "Mash." The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. (June 1, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O214-Mash.html ELIZABETH KNOWLES. "Mash." The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 2006. Retrieved June 01, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O214-Mash.html |
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mash malt mixed with hot water to form wort OE.; warm food of meal for cattle, etc., pulpy mass XVI. OE. māsċ = MLG. mēsch, māsch, MHG. meisch crushed grapes (G. maisch):- WGmc. *maisk-, of unkn. orig., but perh. rel. to MIX.
Hence vb. infuse (malt) XIV; beat into a pulp XVII. |
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T. F. HOAD. "mash." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. 1 Jun. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. T. F. HOAD. "mash." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. (June 1, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-mash.html T. F. HOAD. "mash." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Retrieved June 01, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-mash.html |
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MASH / mash/ • abbr. mobile army surgical hospital. |
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"MASH." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. 1 Jun. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "MASH." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. (June 1, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-mash.html "MASH." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Retrieved June 01, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-mash.html |
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MASH abbr.Mobile Army Surgical Hospital.
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"MASH." The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military. 2001. Encyclopedia.com. 1 Jun. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "MASH." The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military. 2001. Encyclopedia.com. (June 1, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O63-MASH.html "MASH." The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military. 2001. Retrieved June 01, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O63-MASH.html |
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mash •abash, ash, Ashe, bash, brash, cache, calash, cash, clash, crash, dash, encash, flash, gash, gnash, hash, lash, mash, Nash, panache, pash, plash, rash, sash, slash, smash, soutache, splash, stash, thrash, trash
•earbash • kurbash • calabash
•slapdash • pebbledash • balderdash
•spatterdash • backlash • backslash
•whiplash • eyelash • goulash
•newsflash • thunderflash • mishmash
•gatecrash • Midrash • potash
•succotash
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"mash." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. 1 Jun. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "mash." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. (June 1, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-mash.html "mash." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Retrieved June 01, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-mash.html |
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MASH (mæʃ) (USA) mobile army surgical hospital
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FRAN ALEXANDER , PETER BLAIR , JOHN DAINTITH , ALICE GRANDISON , VALERIE ILLINGWORTH , ELIZABETH MARTIN , ANNE STIBBS , JUDY PEARSALL , and SARA TULLOCH. "MASH." The Oxford Dictionary of Abbreviations. 1998. Encyclopedia.com. 1 Jun. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. FRAN ALEXANDER , PETER BLAIR , JOHN DAINTITH , ALICE GRANDISON , VALERIE ILLINGWORTH , ELIZABETH MARTIN , ANNE STIBBS , JUDY PEARSALL , and SARA TULLOCH. "MASH." The Oxford Dictionary of Abbreviations. 1998. Encyclopedia.com. (June 1, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O25-MASH.html FRAN ALEXANDER , PETER BLAIR , JOHN DAINTITH , ALICE GRANDISON , VALERIE ILLINGWORTH , ELIZABETH MARTIN , ANNE STIBBS , JUDY PEARSALL , and SARA TULLOCH. "MASH." The Oxford Dictionary of Abbreviations. 1998. Retrieved June 01, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O25-MASH.html |
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