--- title: M — The English dictionary with trees and pragmatics · page 13 description: The 1043 words of the English dictionary under M, every meaning for a pupil and every example with its dependency tree and pragmatics. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/M/page/13/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/) / [English dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/) / M # M — The English dictionary · page 13 [A](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/A/) · [B](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/B/) · [C](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/C/) · [D](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/D/) · [E](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/E/) · [F](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/F/) · [G](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/G/) · [H](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/H/) · [I](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/I/) · [J](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/J/) · [K](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/K/) · [L](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/L/) · [M](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/M/) · [N](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/N/) · [O](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/O/) · [P](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/P/) · [Q](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/Q/) · [R](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/R/) · [S](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/S/) · [T](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/T/) · [U](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/U/) · [V](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/V/) · [W](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/W/) · [X](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/X/) · [Y](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/Y/) · [Z](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/Z/) [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/M/) … [12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/M/page/12/) **13** [14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/M/page/14/) … [54](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/M/page/54/) **marsh** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A marsh is low, flat land that is wet and soft most of the time, often with tall grasses and reeds.[↗](../../marsh/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A kind of wetland home to birds, frogs and insects.[↗](../../marsh/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Herons hunt for frogs in the marsh.[↗](../../marsh/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The salt marsh floods at high tide.[↗](../../marsh/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · We walked along the boardwalk across the marsh.[↗](../../marsh/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Reeds grow tall in the marsh.[↗](../../marsh/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Don't stray off the path in the marsh — it's boggy.[↗](../../marsh/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Marshes help protect the coast from floods.[↗](../../marsh/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Then some frogs began to croak in the marsh.[↗](../../marsh/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · But the miry places thereof, and the marshes thereof, shall not be healed; they shall be given for salt.[↗](../../marsh/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets EZK.47.11, JPS 1917)[↗](../../marsh/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **marshal** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A marshal is an officer of high rank in an army, or an official who keeps order at a big event.[↗](../../marshal/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To marshal people is to gather them and arrange them in order.[↗](../../marshal/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Hardly had he made the wish than the marshal spoke to the king.[↗](../../marshal/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The marshal led the parade.[↗](../../marshal/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The teacher marshalled the children into a line.[↗](../../marshal/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Out of Ephraim came they whose root is in Amalek; after thee, Benjamin, among thy peoples; out of Machir came down governors, and out of Zebulun they that handle the marshal's staff.[↗](../../marshal/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets JDG.5.14, JPS 1917)[↗](../../marshal/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") **marshals** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (noun) Officials who organise people at a big event, such as a race, parade or festival, and keep them safe.[↗](../../marshals/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (noun, US) Law officers who catch criminals and help the courts, like the US Marshals; in old Western stories, a town marshal is like a sheriff.[↗](../../marshals/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (noun) Very high-ranking army or air-force officers, such as a field marshal.[↗](../../marshals/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* (verb) «Marshals» = he or she gathers and organises people or things, such as ideas or soldiers.[↗](../../marshals/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The marshals waved flags to guide the runners.[↗](../../marshals/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Marshals in yellow jackets showed us where to park.[↗](../../marshals/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The US Marshals caught the escaped prisoner.[↗](../../marshals/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · In the Western, the marshal faced the outlaws alone.[↗](../../marshals/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Before the debate, she marshals her ideas on a card.[↗](../../marshals/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The teacher marshals the children into lines for the fire drill.[↗](../../marshals/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Field marshals led huge armies in the war.[↗](../../marshals/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Thy crowned are as the locusts, and thy marshals as the swarms of grasshoppers, which camp in the walls in the cold day, but when the sun ariseth they flee away, and their place is not known where they are.[↗](../../marshals/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets NAM.3.17, JPS 1917)[↗](../../marshals/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **marshmallow** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A soft, white or pink spongy sweet made from sugar and gelatine.[↗](../../marshmallow/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A plant called the marsh mallow, from whose root the sweet was first made long ago.[↗](../../marshmallow/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* We toasted marshmallows on the campfire.[↗](../../marshmallow/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · I like marshmallows in my hot chocolate.[↗](../../marshmallow/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Blow on a toasted marshmallow; it is very hot inside.[↗](../../marshmallow/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The marshmallow puffed up and turned golden.[↗](../../marshmallow/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Small children can choke on big marshmallows.[↗](../../marshmallow/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · We built towers with marshmallows and spaghetti in science.[↗](../../marshmallow/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **marshy** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Marshy means soft and wet, like a marsh, so water lies on or just under the ground.[↗](../../marshy/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The field by the river is marshy.[↗](../../marshy/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Our boots sank into the marshy ground.[↗](../../marshy/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Frogs love marshy places.[↗](../../marshy/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The path got marshy after the rain.[↗](../../marshy/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Ducks nest in the marshy reeds.[↗](../../marshy/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Be careful: marshy ground can be deeper than it looks.[↗](../../marshy/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · They reached a marshy place, and the mire was very deep.[↗](../../marshy/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **marsupial** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A marsupial is a mammal whose babies are born very small and then grow inside a pouch on the mother's body.[↗](../../marsupial/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Marsupial describes animals of this kind.[↗](../../marsupial/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* A kangaroo is a marsupial.[↗](../../marsupial/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Marsupials carry their babies in a pouch.[↗](../../marsupial/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The koala is a marsupial, not a bear.[↗](../../marsupial/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The baby wombat stays in its mother's pouch.[↗](../../marsupial/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The opossum is the only marsupial in North America.[↗](../../marsupial/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Most marsupials live in Australia.[↗](../../marsupial/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Is a platypus a marsupial?[↗](../../marsupial/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") No, it lays eggs.[↗](../../marsupial/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **mart** — *In Jewish tradition, meaning 1:* A market, a place where goods are bought and sold.[↗](../../mart/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* And on great waters the seed of Shihor, the harvest of the Nile, was her revenue; and she was the mart of nations.[↗](../../mart/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets ISA.23.3, JPS 1917)[↗](../../mart/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The men of Dedan were thy traffickers; many isles were the mart of thy hand; they brought thee as tribute horns of ivory and ebony.[↗](../../mart/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets EZK.27.15, JPS 1917)[↗](../../mart/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") **marten** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A marten is a small furry wild animal, like a weasel, that lives in woods and climbs trees.[↗](../../marten/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* In the clayey bank the martens built their nest.[↗](../../marten/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The marten laughed and answered.[↗](../../marten/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Not long after, the marten came by looking for his supper.[↗](../../marten/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **martial** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Connected with fighting or war.[↗](../../martial/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* «Martial arts» are fighting sports and skills from Asia and other places, such as karate, judo, kung fu and taekwondo.[↗](../../martial/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* «Martial law» is when the army takes control of a country instead of the usual government.[↗](../../martial/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* My brother does martial arts after school.[↗](../../martial/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Karate and judo are martial arts.[↗](../../martial/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · She got her yellow belt in a martial arts class.[↗](../../martial/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Martial arts teach discipline and respect.[↗](../../martial/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The general declared martial law.[↗](../../martial/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Martial music played as the soldiers marched.[↗](../../martial/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · A KING, whose only son was fond of martial exercises, had a dream in which he was warned that his son would be killed by a lion.[↗](../../martial/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **martin** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A martin is a small bird of the swallow family, such as the house martin, which builds a mud nest under the roofs of houses and flies south in winter.[↗](../../martin/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Martin is a common boy's first name and a surname.[↗](../../martin/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (church) Saint Martin of Tours was a soldier who cut his cloak in half to share with a freezing beggar; he is remembered for kindness.[↗](../../martin/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* House martins built a mud nest under our roof.[↗](../../martin/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The martins flew south when the weather turned cold.[↗](../../martin/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Sand martins nest in holes in river banks.[↗](../../martin/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Saint Martin shared his cloak with a poor man.[↗](../../martin/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Martin Luther King Jr dreamed of equality for all.[↗](../../martin/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Martin from next door helped us fix the fence.[↗](../../martin/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · So Martin started off for the town.[↗](../../martin/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **marvel** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A marvel is a wonderful, amazing thing or person.[↗](../../marvel/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To marvel at something is to feel great surprise and admiration.[↗](../../marvel/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The pyramids are one of the marvels of the ancient world.[↗](../../marvel/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · We marvelled at the stars.[↗](../../marvel/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The new bridge is a marvel of engineering.[↗](../../marvel/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · It's a marvel that nobody was hurt.[↗](../../marvel/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Grandma marvels at how fast I type.[↗](../../marvel/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The museum is full of marvels.[↗](../../marvel/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · And they took the marvels with them to his court.[↗](../../marvel/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · And they sat before him, the firstborn according to his birthright, and the youngest according to his youth; and the men marvelled one with another.[↗](../../marvel/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.43.33, JPS 1917)[↗](../../marvel/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · If thou seest the oppression of the poor, and the violent perverting of justice and righteousness in the state, marvel not at the matter; for one higher than the high watcheth, and there are higher than they.[↗](../../marvel/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings ECC.5.7, JPS 1917)[↗](../../marvel/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **marvellous** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Extremely good, wonderful: «a marvellous day».[↗](../../marvellous/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (old use) Causing great wonder or surprise; amazing.[↗](../../marvellous/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* We had a marvellous time at the seaside.[↗](../../marvellous/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · «What a marvellous idea!» said Gran.[↗](../../marvellous/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The view from the hill was marvellous.[↗](../../marvellous/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Toad thought the motor car was the most marvellous thing in the world.[↗](../../marvellous/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The magician did marvellous tricks.[↗](../../marvellous/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · You did a marvellous job on your painting.[↗](../../marvellous/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · There sprang up a marvellous crop--tall and thick.[↗](../../marvellous/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · § 10 Three vowels B'aK constitute a great secret, marvellous and hidden.[↗](../../marvellous/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))[↗](../../marvellous/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · § 11 Three vowels n"ax constitute a great secret, marvellous and hidden.[↗](../../marvellous/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))[↗](../../marvellous/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · Who doeth great things and unsearchable, marvellous things without number; (Writings JOB.5.9, JPS 1917)[↗](../../marvellous/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · This is the LORD'S doing; it is marvellous in our eyes.[↗](../../marvellous/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.118.23, JPS 1917)[↗](../../marvellous/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · Who doeth great things past finding out; yea, marvellous things without number.[↗](../../marvellous/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.9.10, JPS 1917)[↗](../../marvellous/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") **marvellously** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* In a wonderful, excellent way.[↗](../../marvellously/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Very, extremely (a bit old-fashioned), as in «marvellously happy».[↗](../../marvellously/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The plan worked marvellously.[↗](../../marvellously/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The children behaved marvellously at the wedding.[↗](../../marvellously/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · She sang marvellously in the concert.[↗](../../marvellously/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Everything went marvellously well.[↗](../../marvellously/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The garden looked marvellously green after the rain.[↗](../../marvellously/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Toad thought he drove marvellously.[↗](../../marvellously/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · He was marvellously arrayed and full armed, and his black dog moved after him.[↗](../../marvellously/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · God thundereth marvellously with His voice; great things doeth He, which we cannot comprehend.[↗](../../marvellously/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.37.5, JPS 1917)[↗](../../marvellously/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · And his name spread far abroad; for he was marvellously helped, till he was strong.[↗](../../marvellously/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings 2CH.26.15, JPS 1917)[↗](../../marvellously/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · Look ye among the nations, and behold, and wonder marvellously; for, behold, a work shall be wrought in your days, which ye will not believe though it be told you.[↗](../../marvellously/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets HAB.1.5, JPS 1917)[↗](../../marvellously/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") **marvelous** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Marvelous means wonderful, very surprising or very good.[↗](../../marvelous/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") (US spelling of marvellous).[↗](../../marvelous/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* What a wonderful, beautiful, marvelous country\![↗](../../marvelous/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Who has ever heard of such a marvelous place?[↗](../../marvelous/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · He had never sat down to such a marvelous feast.[↗](../../marvelous/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · These three mothers enclose a mighty mystery, most occult and most marvelous, sealed as with six rings, and from them proceed primeval Fire, Water, and Air; these are subsequently differentiated into male and female.[↗](../../marvelous/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1887)[↗](../../marvelous/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · It tends to be used of things that are marvelous, miraculous, or otherwise supernatural and extraordinary, i.e. that which defies the human ability to do or understand and must therefore be divine, e.g. \[Deuteronomy 28:59\], \[Psalm 118:23\], \[Psalm 139:6\].[↗](../../marvelous/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation)[↗](../../marvelous/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") **masai** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* The Maasai (Masai) are a people of Kenya and Tanzania, famous for cattle herding and their bright red cloth.[↗](../../masai/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (a name) The Masai Mara is a wildlife reserve in Kenya.[↗](../../masai/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The Maasai keep large herds of cattle.[↗](../../masai/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Many Maasai wear red cloth called shuka.[↗](../../masai/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Maasai warriors are known for their high jumping dance.[↗](../../masai/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · We watched lions in the Masai Mara.[↗](../../masai/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The Maasai speak a language called Maa.[↗](../../masai/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Maasai beadwork is very colourful.[↗](../../masai/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **mascot** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A person, animal or object that a team, school or club keeps because it is believed to bring good luck.[↗](../../mascot/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A character, often a person in a big furry costume, that stands for a team, event, company or product and entertains people.[↗](../../mascot/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* A small toy or figure kept for luck, for example in a car or a pencil case.[↗](../../mascot/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Our team mascot is a giant bear.[↗](../../mascot/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The school mascot is a lion called Leo.[↗](../../mascot/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · This weekend I took the class mascot home and wrote in its diary.[↗](../../mascot/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The mascot waved to the crowd before the match.[↗](../../mascot/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Every Olympic Games has its own mascot.[↗](../../mascot/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The ship's cat was the sailors' lucky mascot.[↗](../../mascot/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · She kept a little mascot in her pencil case for the test.[↗](../../mascot/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **masculine** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Having qualities that people traditionally think of as typical of men or boys, such as a deep voice.[↗](../../masculine/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Belonging to or suitable for men.[↗](../../masculine/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (grammar) In languages like French, Spanish, German or Ukrainian, describing nouns and words of a class called «masculine»; in English, words like «he», «king», «actor» are masculine forms.[↗](../../masculine/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* In French, «le soleil» is a masculine noun.[↗](../../masculine/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · «Prince» is the masculine form of «princess».[↗](../../masculine/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · His voice became deeper and more masculine as he grew up.[↗](../../masculine/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The room was decorated in a masculine style with dark wood.[↗](../../masculine/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · In Spanish, most masculine nouns end in -o.[↗](../../masculine/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Some people think pink isn't masculine, but anyone can wear pink.[↗](../../masculine/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · «He» and «him» are masculine pronouns.[↗](../../masculine/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · At first existed these three mothers, and there arose three masculine powers, and hence all things have originated.[↗](../../masculine/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1887)[↗](../../masculine/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **mash** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To mash food is to crush it into a soft mass.[↗](../../mash/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Mash is mashed potatoes.[↗](../../mash/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Mash is a soft mixture of grain and water fed to animals or used in making drinks.[↗](../../mash/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* A mash-up is a mix of two songs, videos or ideas.[↗](../../mash/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Mash the bananas with a fork.[↗](../../mash/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · We had sausage and mash for tea.[↗](../../mash/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · I like my potatoes mashed with butter.[↗](../../mash/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Grandad feeds the hens a warm mash.[↗](../../mash/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Mash the avocado to make guacamole.[↗](../../mash/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The baby food is mashed so it is easy to swallow.[↗](../../mash/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Their song is a mash-up of two old hits.[↗](../../mash/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · And the sons of Aram: Uz, and Hul, and Gether, and Mash.[↗](../../mash/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.10.23, JPS 1917)[↗](../../mash/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **masher** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A kitchen tool with a handle and a flat head with holes or a wavy wire, used to crush cooked potatoes or other food into a soft mush (a potato masher).[↗](../../masher/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (old-fashioned slang) A man who made unwanted advances to women in public; this sense is old and rarely used now.[↗](../../masher/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Pass me the potato masher, please.[↗](../../masher/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Mum used the masher to make fluffy mashed potatoes.[↗](../../masher/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · We mashed the bananas with a masher for banana bread.[↗](../../masher/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The masher has a wavy metal head.[↗](../../masher/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Use the masher until there are no lumps left.[↗](../../masher/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Our masher is made of plastic so it won't scratch the pan.[↗](../../masher/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Grandad calls me the best potato masher in the family.[↗](../../masher/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · A masher crushes; a whisk mixes air in.[↗](../../masher/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **mask** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A mask is a covering you wear over your face or part of it, to hide who you are, to dress up, or to protect yourself.[↗](../../mask/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A face mask is a covering over the nose and mouth to stop germs, dust or smoke getting in or out.[↗](../../mask/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* A mask can be a special breathing mask, like for diving or for oxygen.[↗](../../mask/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* To mask something means to hide or cover it, like masking a smell.[↗](../../mask/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 5:* Masking tape is a paper tape used to cover edges when painting.[↗](../../mask/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* We made masks for the carnival.[↗](../../mask/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The doctor wore a mask over her nose and mouth.[↗](../../mask/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Put on your own oxygen mask first.[↗](../../mask/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The superhero wore a black mask.[↗](../../mask/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · I can see fish through my snorkel mask.[↗](../../mask/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Dad wore a dust mask while sanding the wood.[↗](../../mask/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The smell of paint was masked by the flowers.[↗](../../mask/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Use masking tape so the paint stays in a straight line.[↗](../../mask/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · The domino raised his mask, and it was George.[↗](../../mask/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/M/) … [12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/M/page/12/) **13** [14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/M/page/14/) … [54](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/M/page/54/) - ← previous: [page 12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/M/page/12/) - next →: [page 14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/M/page/14/) - ↑ back to [The English dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/)