noun

1. crushed or ground malt or meal soaked in hot water for making wort, used in brewing beer
2. a mixture of bran, meal, etc. in warm water, for feeding horses, cattle, etc.
3. any soft mixture or mass
4. Brit., Informal mashed potatoes

Etymology: ME masshe- < OE masc-, in mascwyrt, infused malt, akin to Ger meisch, maisch, crushed grapes, infused malt < IE base *meih-, to urinate > L mingere: see micturition

transitive verb

1. to mix (crushed malt, etc.) in hot water for making wort
2. to change into a soft or uniform mass by beating, crushing, etc.
3. to crush and injure or damage
4. ☆ Slang to make sexual advances to; flirt with

Etymology: ME maschen < the n.