1. [n]  mixture of ground animal feeds
2. [n]  a mixture of mashed malt grains and hot water; used in brewing
3. [v]  reduce to small pieces or particles by pounding or abrading; "grind the spices in a mortar"; "mash the garlic"
4. [v]  talk or behave amorously, without serious intentions; "The guys always try to chat up the new secretaries"; "My husband never flirts with other women"
5. [v]  to compress with violence, out of natural shape or condition; "crush an aluminum can"; "squeeze a lemon"

1. \Mash\, n.
   A mesh. [Obs.]
   
   

2. \Mash\, n. [Akin to G. meisch, maisch, meische, maische,
   mash, wash, and prob. to AS. miscian to mix. See {Mix}.]
   1. A mass of mixed ingredients reduced to a soft pulpy state
      by beating or pressure; a mass of anything in a soft pulpy
      state. Specifically (Brewing), ground or bruised malt, or
      meal of rye, wheat, corn, or other grain (or a mixture of
      malt and meal) steeped and stirred in hot water for making
      the wort.
   
   2. A mixture of meal or bran and water fed to animals.
   
   3. A mess; trouble. [Obs.] --Beau. & Fl.
   
   {Mash tun}, a large tub used in making mash and wort.
   
   

3. \Mash\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Mashed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Mashing}.] [Akin to G. meischen, maischen, to mash, mix, and
   prob. to mischen, E. mix. See 2d {Mash}.]
   To convert into a mash; to reduce to a soft pulpy state by
   beating or pressure; to bruise; to crush; as, to mash apples
   in a mill, or potatoes with a pestle. Specifically (Brewing),
   to convert, as malt, or malt and meal, into the mash which
   makes wort.
   
   {Mashing tub}, a tub for making the mash in breweries and
      distilleries; -- called also {mash tun}, and {mash vat}.
   
   
   
   

(= Meshech 1 Chr. 1:17), one of the four sons of Aram, and the name of a tribe descended from him (Gen. 10:23) inhabiting some part probably of Mesopotamia. Some have supposed that they were the inhabitants of Mount Masius, the present Karja Baghlar, which forms part of the chain of Taurus.