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mush 1
(mŭsh, mo͝osh)n.
1. A thick porridge or pudding of cornmeal boiled in water or milk.
2. Something thick, soft, and pulpy.
3. Informal Mawkish sentimentality, affection, or amorousness.
tr.v. mushed, mush·ing, mush·es
To reduce to mush; mash or crush.
[Probably alteration of mash.]
mush 2
(mŭsh)v. mushed, mush·ing, mush·es
v.intr.
To travel, especially over snow with a dogsled.
v.tr.
To drive (a dogsled or team of dogs).
n.
A journey, especially by dogsled.
interj.
Used to command a team of dogs to begin pulling or move faster.
[Possibly alteration of French marchons, first person pl. imperative of marcher, to walk, go, from Old French; see march1.]
mush′er n.
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mush
(mʌʃ)n
1. a soft pulpy mass or consistency
2. (Cookery) US a thick porridge made from corn meal
3. informal cloying sentimentality
4. (Broadcasting) radio interference in reception, esp a hissing noise
vb
(tr) to reduce (a substance) to a soft pulpy mass
[C17: from obsolete moose porridge; probably related to mash; compare Old English mōs food]
mush
(mʌʃ)interj
an order to dogs in a sled team to start up or go faster
vb
1. to travel by or drive a dog sled
2. (intr) to travel on foot, esp with snowshoes
n
a journey with a dogsled
[C19: perhaps from French marchez or marchons, imperatives of marcher to advance]
ˈmusher n
mush
(mʊʃ)n
a slang word for face1
[C19: from mush1, alluding to the softness of the face]
mush
(mʊʃ)n
slang Brit a familiar or contemptuous term of address
[C19: probably from Gypsy moosh a man]
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mush1
(mʌʃ or, esp. for 2-5, mʊʃ)n.
1. a thick mixture made by boiling meal, esp. cornmeal, in water or milk.
2. any thick, soft mass.
3. mawkish sentimentality or amorousness.
v.t. 4. to squeeze or crush; crunch.
[1665–75, Amer.]
mush2
(mʌʃ)v.i.
1. to go or travel, esp. over snow with a dog team and sled.
interj. 2. (used as an order to start or speed up a dog team)
n. 3. a trip or journey, esp. across snow with a dog team.
[1895–1900; perhaps orig. as mush on! < Canadian French, French marchons! let's go!; see march1]
mush′er, n.
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mush
, moosh - Mush and moosh (nouns) are variations on mash.See also related terms for mash.
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mush
Past participle: mushed
Gerund: mushing
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| Noun | 1. |  mush - any soft or soggy mass; "he pounded it to a pulp"mass - a body of matter without definite shape; "a huge ice mass" |
| 2. | mush - cornmeal boiled in water cornmeal, Indian meal - coarsely ground corn hot cereal - a cereal that is served hot atole - eaten as mush or as a thin gruel hasty pudding - cornmeal mush served with sweetening (maple syrup or brown sugar) polenta - a thick mush made of cornmeal boiled in stock or water | |
| 3. |  mush - writing or music that is excessively sweet and sentimentalsentimentalism - the excessive expression of tender feelings, nostalgia, or sadness in any form | |
| 4. | mush - a journey by dogsled journey, journeying - the act of traveling from one place to another | |
| Verb | 1. | mush - drive (a team of dogs or a dogsled) drive - urge forward; "drive the cows into the barn" |
| 2. | mush - travel with a dogsled mush - drive (a team of dogs or a dogsled) |
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mush
noun
1. pulp, paste, mash, purée, pap, slush, goo (informal) Over-ripe bananas will collapse into a mush in this recipe.
2. (Informal) sentimentality, corn (informal), slush (informal), schmaltz (slang), mawkishness The lyrics are mush and the melodies obvious.
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mush
nounInformal. The quality or condition of being affectedly or overly emotional:
Slang: sappiness.
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Translations
شَيءٌ ناعِم ورَطْب
kaše
grød
òykkt mauk
kaip košėkošė
kaut kas mīksts un slapjš, putra
kaša
lâpa
mush
1 [mʌʃ] N1. (Culin) → gachas fpl
2. (fig) → sensiblería f, sentimentalismo m
mush
2 [muʃ] N2. (in direct address) hey, mush! → ¡hola, tronco!
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mush
[ˈmʊʃ] n (= mashed food) → bouillie f
(= sentimental stuff) (pejorative) → sentimentalité f à l'eau de rose
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mush
(maʃ) noun something soft and wet. The potatoes have turned to mush after being boiled for so long.
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