mash
1. a mixture of mashed malt grains and hot water;
used in brewing
• Hypernyms:
suspension
• Hyponyms:
sour mash
2. mixture of ground animal feeds
• Hypernyms:
feed, provender
• Hyponyms:
chicken feed, scratch
1. to compress with violence, out of natural shape or condition (Freq. 1)
- crush an aluminum can
- squeeze a lemon
• Syn:
squash, crush, squelch, squeeze
• Derivationally related forms:
squeeze (for: squeeze), squeezer (for: squeeze), crush (for: crush), crusher (for: crush)
• Hypernyms:
press
• Hyponyms:
wring, stamp, steamroller, tread, telescope
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Something ----s somebody
- Something ----s something
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
• Derivationally related forms:
masher, romance (for: romance), coquette (for: coquette), coquetry (for: coquet), dalliance (for: dally), flirt (for: flirt), flirtation (for: flirt), flirting (for: flirt)
• Hypernyms:
talk, speak
• Hyponyms:
wanton, vamp
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s
- Somebody ----s PP
- Somebody ----s somebody (for: chat up)
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
• Derivationally related forms:
crunch (for: crunch), masher, grind (for: grind), grinder (for: grind), grinding (for: grind)
• Hypernyms:
break up, fragment, fragmentize, fragmentise
• Hyponyms:
pulp, pestle, mill
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something
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