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hash 1

 (hăsh)

n.

1. A dish of chopped meat, potatoes, and sometimes vegetables, usually browned.

2.

a. A jumble; a hodgepodge.

b. Informal A mess: made a hash of the project.

3. A reworking or restatement of already familiar material.

tr.v. hashed, hash·ing, hash·es

1. To chop into pieces; mince.

2. Informal To make a mess of; mangle.

3. Informal To discuss carefully; review: hash over future plans; hash out a solution.

[Variant of Middle English hache, from Old French, past participle of hacher, hachier, to chop up, from hache, axe, of Germanic origin; see hatchet.]

hash 2

 (hăsh)

hash 3

 (hăsh)

n. Chiefly British

The symbol (#); the pound sign.

[Probably alteration (influenced by hash) of hatch.]

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hash

(hæʃ)

n

1. (Cookery) a dish of diced cooked meat, vegetables, etc, reheated in a sauce

2. something mixed up

3. a reuse or rework of old material

4. make a hash of informal

a. to mix or mess up

b. to defeat or destroy

5. settle someone's hash fix someone's hash informal to subdue or silence someone

vb (tr)

6. (Cookery) to chop into small pieces

7. to mix or mess up

[C17: from Old French hacher to chop up, from hache hatchet]

hash

(hæʃ)

n

(Pharmacology) slang short for hashish

hash

(hæʃ) or

hashmark

n

1. the character (#) used to precede a number

2. (Printing, Lithography & Bookbinding) this sign used in printing or writing to indicate that a space should be inserted

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hash1

(hæʃ)

n.

1. diced cooked meat and potatoes or other vegetables browned together or reheated in gravy.

2. a mess, jumble, or muddle.

3. a reworking of old and familiar material.

v.t.

4. to chop into small pieces; make into hash; mince.

5. to muddle or mess up.

6. to discuss or review (something) thoroughly (often fol. by out or over).

Idioms:

make a hash of, to spoil or botch.

[1645–55; < French hacher to cut up, derivative of hache ax, hatchet]

hash2

(hæʃ)

n. Slang.

hashish.

[1955–60; by shortening]

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Hash

 a medley; a spoiled mixture; a meat dish.

Examples: hash of absurdity, 1795; of plain repetition, 1672; of tongues, 1735; of my own words, 1860.

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hash


Past participle: hashed
Gerund: hashing
Imperative
hash
hash
Present
I hash
you hash
he/she/it hashes
we hash
you hash
they hash
Preterite
I hashed
you hashed
he/she/it hashed
we hashed
you hashed
they hashed
Present Continuous
I am hashing
you are hashing
he/she/it is hashing
we are hashing
you are hashing
they are hashing
Present Perfect
I have hashed
you have hashed
he/she/it has hashed
we have hashed
you have hashed
they have hashed
Past Continuous
I was hashing
you were hashing
he/she/it was hashing
we were hashing
you were hashing
they were hashing
Past Perfect
I had hashed
you had hashed
he/she/it had hashed
we had hashed
you had hashed
they had hashed
Future
I will hash
you will hash
he/she/it will hash
we will hash
you will hash
they will hash
Future Perfect
I will have hashed
you will have hashed
he/she/it will have hashed
we will have hashed
you will have hashed
they will have hashed
Future Continuous
I will be hashing
you will be hashing
he/she/it will be hashing
we will be hashing
you will be hashing
they will be hashing
Present Perfect Continuous
I have been hashing
you have been hashing
he/she/it has been hashing
we have been hashing
you have been hashing
they have been hashing
Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been hashing
you will have been hashing
he/she/it will have been hashing
we will have been hashing
you will have been hashing
they will have been hashing
Past Perfect Continuous
I had been hashing
you had been hashing
he/she/it had been hashing
we had been hashing
you had been hashing
they had been hashing
Conditional
I would hash
you would hash
he/she/it would hash
we would hash
you would hash
they would hash
Past Conditional
I would have hashed
you would have hashed
he/she/it would have hashed
we would have hashed
you would have hashed
they would have hashed

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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Noun1.hash - chopped meat mixed with potatoes and browned

dish - a particular item of prepared food; "she prepared a special dish for dinner"

2.hash - purified resinous extract of the hemp plant; used as a hallucinogen

soft drug - a drug of abuse that is considered relatively mild and not likely to cause addiction

Verb1.hash - chop up; "hash the potatoes"

chop, chop up - cut into pieces; "Chop wood"; "chop meat"

Based on WordNet 3.0, Farlex clipart collection. © 2003-2012 Princeton University, Farlex Inc.

hash

noun

make a hash of something (Informal) mess up, muddle, bungle, botch, cock up (Brit. slang), mishandle, fuck up (offensive taboo slang), mismanage, make a nonsense of (informal), bodge (informal), make a pig's ear of (informal), flub (U.S. slang) The government made a total hash of things.

Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002

hash

noun

Informal. A ruinous state of disorder:

verb

Informal. To speak together and exchange ideas and opinions about.Also used with over:

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Translations

hakkelushasahuiskiapilkkoapilkottu

ellenőrző összegkettőskeresztszámjel

lestvica

hash

1 [hæʃ]

B. CPD hash browns NPL croquetas de patata hervida y cebolla

hash

2 [hæʃ] N (= hashish) → hachís m, chocolate m (Sp), mota f (CAm)

hash

3 [hæʃ] N (Typ) → almohadilla f

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

hash

[ˈhæʃ]

n

(= mess) → gâchis m
to make a hash of sth → rater qch

(= dish) → hachis m corned beef hash

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

hash

n

(inf: = hashish) → Hasch nt (inf)

hash

:

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

hash

[hæʃ] n

a. (Culin) spezzatino fatto con avanzi di carne cotta

c. (fam) (hashish) → erba

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995