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# mash

verb (mash, mashes, mashed, mashing); noun (mash, uncountable; a mash)

«mash» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. To mash food is to crush it into a soft mass. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mash/#m1)
2. Mash is mashed potatoes. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mash/#m2)
3. Mash is a soft mixture of grain and water fed to animals or used in making drinks. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mash/#m3)
4. A mash-up is a mix of two songs, videos or ideas. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mash/#m4)

### In the lessons

In cooking, you mash potatoes, bananas or avocado with a fork or masher. In Britain "sausage and mash" is a common meal. Phrases: "mashed potatoes", "potato masher", "mash up".

### Examples

- Mash the bananas with a fork. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mash/#x1)
- We had sausage and mash for tea. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mash/#x2)
- I like my potatoes mashed with butter. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mash/#x3)
- Grandad feeds the hens a warm mash. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mash/#x4)
- Mash the avocado to make guacamole. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mash/#x5)
- The baby food is mashed so it is easy to swallow. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mash/#x6)
- Their song is a mash-up of two old hits. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mash/#x7)

### Note

Verb is regular: mashed, mashing; he mashes. "Mash" as food is uncountable: "some mash". Do not confuse with "mesh" (a net).

## In Jewish tradition

Interpretation: The name appears among the sons of Aram in the list of nations descended from Noah's sons. The rabbis saw these lists as the roots of the peoples of the earth. In the primary lessons: In cooking, you mash potatoes, bananas or avocado with a fork or masher. In Britain "sausage and mash" is a common meal. Phrases: "mashed potatoes", "potato masher", "mash up".

### Examples

- And the sons of Aram: Uz, and Hul, and Gether, and Mash. (Torah GEN.10.23, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/mash/#x1)

### Note

Verb is regular: mashed, mashing; he mashes. "Mash" as food is uncountable: "some mash". Do not confuse with "mesh" (a net).

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «mash» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mash/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«mash» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/mash.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «mash» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/mash/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«mash» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/mash.html) on Mova free.