mush

mush ¹  (msh)

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.

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[Probably alteration of mash.]

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mush ²  (msh)

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.

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[Possibly alteration of French marchons, first person pl. imperative of marcher, to walk, go, from Old French; see march¹.]

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musher n.

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mush ¹

Noun

1. a soft pulpy mass

2. Informal cloying sentimentality [obsolete moose porridge]

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mush ² Canad

interj

an order to dogs in a sled team to start up or go faster

Verb

to travel by or drive a dogsled [perhaps from imperative of French marcher to advance]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	mush - any soft or soggy mass; "he pounded it to a pulp" pulp mass - a body of matter without definite shape; "a huge ice mass"
	2.	mush - cornmeal boiled in water cornmeal mush 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 sentimental glop, treacle, slop sentimentalism - 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) dogsled, mush - travel with a dogsled drive - urge forward; "drive the cows into the barn"
	2.	mush - travel with a dogsled dogsled sled, sleigh - ride (on) a sled mush - drive (a team of dogs or a dogsled)

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mush

noun 1. pulp, paste, mash, purée, pap, slush, goo (informal)

noun 2. (Informal) sentimentality, corn (informal) slush (informal) schmaltz (slang) mawkishness

Translations

mush [mʌʃ] n → gachas fpl

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mush [mʌʃ] n → bouillie f;

(pej) → sentimentalité f à l'eau de rose

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mush [mʌʃ] n → Brei m;

(pej) → Schmalz m

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mush [mʌʃ] n → pappa

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mush

n mush [maʃ]

something soft and wet The potatoes have turned to mush after being boiled for so long. snot, bry شَيءٌ ناعِم ورَطْب каша kaše grød der Brei πολτός, χυλός papilla, pasta sodi خمير نرم sose bouillie דָייסָה गूदा, लुगदी kaša pép bubur þykkt mauk poltiglia どろどろしたもの 걸죽한 것, 물컹한 것 košė kaut kas mīksts un slapjš, putra lembik brij grøtet masse papka papa piure кашица kaša kaša kaša mos, röra, gröt, sörja อาหารเปียกหรือบดละเอียด lâpa 糊狀物 каша نرم گودا chất đặc sệt 糊状物

adj mushy

pap لَيِّن، عَجيني кашен kašovitý grødet breiig μαλακός blando pudrutaoline احساساتى sosemainen spongieux דָייסָתִי गूदेदार kašast pépes lunak maukkenndur spappolato, ridotto in poltiglia どろどろした 무른, 걸죽한 kaip košė putrai līdzīgs; kā putra lembik papperig bløt, grøtaktig papkowaty mole ca terciul; siropos кашицеобразный kašovitý kašast kašast mosig, grötig, sörjig ซึ่งเหลวเละ ๆ lâpa gibi 糊狀的 кашоподібний نرم گودے دار đặc sệt 糊状的