present participle of mash

The process by which something is mashed or beaten to pulp. / The action of soaking malted barley etc., in order to convert starch into sugars as part of the brewing process.

plural of mashing

(uncountable) A mass of mixed ingredients reduced to a soft pulpy state by beating or pressure; a mass of anything in a soft pulpy state.

(transitive) To convert into a mash; to reduce to a soft pulpy state by beating or pressure / (transitive) In brewing, to convert (for example malt, or malt and meal) into the mash which makes wort.

(obsolete) A mesh.

To flirt, to make eyes, to make romantic advances.

(obsolete) An infatuation, a crush, a fancy. / (obsolete) A dandy, a masher. / (obsolete) The object of one’s affections (regardless of sex).

(countable, MLE, slang) A gun.

Alternative form of maash (“mung bean”)