The action of soaking malted barley etc., in order to convert starch into sugars as part of the brewing process.(noun)
Preparing tea (in a teapot)(noun)
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Use "mashing" in a sentence
"Friday, January 23, 2009, by Andy J. Wang The building formerly known as Giftcenter and Jewelrymart (what's with the word mashing?) - and now known creatively as"
"The environments themselves are also surprisingly detailed at times, though you’ll be spending most of your time too involved in mashing the buttons to really notice."
"For instance, he says, a person with fixed ideas about what a VCR is and what a PC is is much less likely to come up with the idea of mashing the two concepts together to invent TiVo."