mashing
present participle ofmash
mash
verb[T]
uk/mæʃ/us/mæʃ/tocrushfood, usually aftercookingit, so that itformsasoftmass:
Mash thepotatoesand thenmixin thebutterandherbs.
mainlyUSinformal
toviolentlycrushpartof abodyor anobject:
Hisfacewasbadlymashedupin theaccident.
Preparing food
- batch cooking
- biga
- bind
- boil
- butter
- buttered
- can't boil an eggidiom
- clarify
- glaze
- glazed
- grate
- ingredient
- jerk
- purée
- re-season
- recipe
- rehydrate
- restuff
- toss
- zap
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Squeezing and grinding
Phrasal verb
mash upsomething
Examplesofmashing
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In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
Rather, his delineation of the separate brewing operations followed a centuries-old pattern that included malting,mashing, wort boiling, and fermentation.
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This may explain why several of the observed fig consumers (43%) avoid swallowing the whole fig and instead processed figs bymashingthe fruit and dropping the rest.
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That is why we have witnessed themashingof the conventions that made our constitution work.
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It also imparts flavour through the treatment of the barley prior tomashingand distillation.
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I am convinced that we should ensure that nurses are paid for nursing and not formashingcups of tea and serving lunches and dinners from a trolley.
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People were remixing it andmashingit up with videos from the protests.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.They produce strongly sweet toffee-like flavors and are sufficiently converted that they can be steeped withoutmashingto extract their flavor.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.It is prepared by boiling andmashingazuki beans and then sweetening the paste with sugar or honey.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Next, roasting of sourdough is done on a large rectangular metallic tray beforemashingand fermentation.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.It was used out of necessity before the invention of thermometers allowed simpler stepmashing.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Some beers employing sourmashingwill be fermented with the addition of brewing yeast but without a boil.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The development staff crafted the gameplay to avoid buttonmashing; instead players are meant to think prior to attacking by watching for enemy patterns.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The end product ofmashingis called a mash.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Save for the odd end-of-level boss battle, you can get by with good old buttonmashing.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Sourmashingis also a process sometimes used in brewing to make sour beers without the typical year or more timeframe.
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- deplorable
- deplorable condition
- deplorable situation
- deplorably
- deplore
- deplored
- deploy
- deployable
- deployed
- deploying
- deployment
- depolarization
- depolarize
- depolarizing
- depoliticization
- depoliticize
- depoliticized
- depoliticizing
- deponent
- depopulate
- depopulated
- depopulating
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- deport
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