mäskätä — meaning in English

English meaning

• mash noun A soft, pulpy mixture made by crushing or beating something, especially mashed potatoes.
• mask noun A covering worn over the face for disguise, protection, or costume.

Senses

mäskätä is used for these senses in English:

• mash (transitive) To convert into a mash; to reduce to a soft pulpy state by beating or pressure
• mash (transitive, UK, mostly, Northern England, Lancashire, Yorkshire) To prepare a cup of tea in a teapot; to brew (tea).
• mask (intransitive) To conceal or disguise one's autism; to learn, practice, and perform certain behaviors and suppress others in order to appear more neurotypical.
• mask (transitive) To cover or shield a part of a design or picture in order to prevent reproduction or to safeguard the surface from the colors used when working with an air brush or painting.

mash — full definition

1. noun A soft, pulpy mixture made by crushing or beating something, especially mashed potatoes.
2. verb To crush something into a soft, pulpy mass.
3. verb To press a button rapidly and repeatedly.

mask — full definition

1. noun A covering worn over the face for disguise, protection, or costume.
2. noun Something that hides or disguises the truth.
3. verb To cover the face, or to conceal something from view or detection.
4. verb To conceal or suppress one's neurodivergent traits in order to appear more neurotypical.

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