mush

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.

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[Probably alteration of mash.]

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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.

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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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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]

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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

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mush

(mʊʃ)

n

a slang word for face¹

[C19: from mush¹, alluding to the softness of the face]

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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

Imperative

mush

mush

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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) 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

noun

Informal. The quality or condition of being affectedly or overly emotional:

bathos, maudlinism, mawkishness, sentimentalism, sentimentality.

Informal: mushiness, schmaltz, schmaltziness, sloppiness.

Slang: sappiness.

verb

To press forcefully so as to break up into a pulpy mass:

crush, mash, pulp, squash.

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Translations

شَيءٌ ناعِم ورَطْب

kaše

grød

BreiMus

andandocardochampichegachas

bouilliepurée

òykkt mauk

poltiglia

kaip košėkošė

kaut kas mīksts un slapjš, putra

grøtet masse

kaša

lâpa

糊状物

mush

¹ [mʌʃ] N

1. (Culin) → gachas fpl

2. (fig) → sensiblería f, sentimentalismo m

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mush

² [muʃ] N

1. (= face) → jeta f, careto m (Sp)

2. (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

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

mush

¹

n

→ Brei m; (of fruit also) → Mus nt

(inf) → Schmalz m; he always sings such mush → er singt immer solche Schnulzen

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mush

²

n (Brit inf)

(= face) → Visage f (inf)

(= person) hey, mush! → he, du da!

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mush

[mʌʃ] n → pappa

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mush

(maʃ) noun

something soft and wet. The potatoes have turned to mush after being boiled for so long. snot, bry شَيءٌ ناعِم ورَطْب каша pasta kaše der Brei grød πολτός, χυλόςpapilla, pasta sodi خمير نرم sose bouillieדייסה गूदा, लुगदी kaša pép bubur þykkt mauk poltiglia どろどろしたもの 죽 모양의 걸쭉한 것 košė kaut kas mīksts un slapjš, putra lembik brijgrøtet masse papka نرم اوړه papa piure кашица kaša kaša kaša mos, röra, gröt, sörja สิ่งที่มีลักษณะอ่อนนุ่ม lâpa 泥糊狀的東西 каша نرم گودا chất đặc sệt 糊状物

ˈmushy adjective

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

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