Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to mash
Participle: mashed
Gerund: mashing
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | mash |
| you | mash |
| he;she;it | mashes |
| we | mash |
| you | mash |
| they | mash |
Perfect
| I | have mashed |
| you | have mashed |
| he;she;it | has mashed |
| we | have mashed |
| you | have mashed |
| they | have mashed |
Past
| I | mashed |
| you | mashed |
| he;she;it | mashed |
| we | mashed |
| you | mashed |
| they | mashed |
Pluperfect
| I | had mashed |
| you | had mashed |
| he;she;it | had mashed |
| we | had mashed |
| you | had mashed |
| they | had mashed |
Future
| I | will mash |
| you | will mash |
| he;she;it | will mash |
| we | will mash |
| you | will mash |
| they | will mash |
Future Perfect
| I | will have mashed |
| you | will have mashed |
| he;she;it | will have mashed |
| we | will have mashed |
| you | will have mashed |
| they | will have mashed |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | mash |
| you | mash |
| he;she;it | mash |
| we | mash |
| you | mash |
| they | mash |
Perfect
| I | have mashed |
| you | have mashed |
| he;she;it | have mashed |
| we | have mashed |
| you | have mashed |
| they | have mashed |
Imperfect
| I | mashed |
| you | mashed |
| he;she;it | mashed |
| we | mashed |
| you | mashed |
| they | mashed |
Pluperfect
| I | had mashed |
| you | had mashed |
| he;she;it | had mashed |
| we | had mashed |
| you | had mashed |
| they | had mashed |
Conditional
Present
| I | would mash |
| you | would mash |
| he;she;it | would mash |
| we | would mash |
| you | would mash |
| they | would mash |
Perfect
| I | would have mashed |
| you | would have mashed |
| he;she;it | would have mashed |
| we | would have mashed |
| you | would have mashed |
| they | would have mashed |
Imperative
| you | mash |
| we | Let's mash |
| you | mash |
Verbs conjugated like 'mash'
abash,
abolish,
abroach,
accomplish,
accroach,
address,
admix,
admonish,
ado,
adpress,
affamish,
affix,
alloo,
amass,
ambush,
anguish,
annex,
appeach,
appears,
approach, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'mash'
ash,
bash,
cash,
dash,
fash,
gash,
hash,
lash,
mase,
mask,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- to press or squeeze together; to make more dense
- astringe, compact, compactify, condense, densitize, pack, press, scrunch, smush, squash, squeeze, squish, squoosh, compress, thring, thrutch
- crush
- flatten, squash, squish, smash, pound, bruise, hash, reduce
Antonyms
- crush
- upraise, consolidate, compact, compress
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. late O.E.
masc-wyrt "mash-wort, infused malt," from P.Gmc.
*maisk- (cf. Swed.
mäsk "grains for pigs," Ger.
Maisch "crushed grapes," O.E.
meox "dung, filth), from PIE
*meigh- "to sprinkle" (cf. O.E.
miscian "to mix," Skt.
mehati "urinates," Gk.
omeikhein, L.
meiere "to urinate," Pol.
miazga "sap"). Originally a word in brewing; general sense of "anything reduced to a soft pulpy consistency" is recorded from 1598. Short for
mashed potatoes it is attested from 1904. The verb is O.E.
mæscan, from the noun.
2. From Middle English mashen, maschen, meshen, from Old English *māsċan, *mǣsċan, from Proto-Germanic *maiskijaną. Cognate with German maischen. Compare also Middle Low German meskewert, mēschewert (“beerwort”). See: German, old spelling '
maischen'.
Sample Sentences
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We had fun mashing apples in a mill.
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The potatoes need to be mashed.
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He took the kettle off the fire and mashed the tea. [1913, D[avid] H[erbert] Lawrence, “Chapter 10”, in Sons and Lovers, London: Duckworth & Co. […], →OCLC:]
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to mash on a bicycle pedal