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M0493400 (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.]

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M0493400 (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.

mush

(mʌʃ) n1. a soft pulpy mass or consistency2. (Cookery) US a thick porridge made from corn meal3. informal cloying sentimentality4. (Broadcasting) radio interference in reception, esp a hissing noisevb (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) interjan order to dogs in a sled team to start up or go fastervb1. to travel by or drive a dog sled2. (intr) to travel on foot, esp with snowshoesna journey with a dogsled[C19: perhaps from French marchez or marchons, imperatives of marcher to advance] ˈmusher n

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(mʊʃ) n a slang word for face¹[C19: from mush¹, alluding to the softness of the face]

mush

(mʊʃ) nslang Brit a familiar or contemptuous term of address[C19: probably from Gypsy moosh a man]

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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, moosh - Mush and moosh (nouns) are variations on mash.See also related terms for mash.

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Past participle: mushed
Gerund: mushing

Imperative
mush
mush

Present
I mush
you mush
he/she/it mushes
we mush
you mush
they mush

Preterite
I mushed
you mushed
he/she/it mushed
we mushed
you mushed
they mushed

Present Continuous
I am mushing
you are mushing
he/she/it is mushing
we are mushing
you are mushing
they are mushing

Present Perfect
I have mushed
you have mushed
he/she/it has mushed
we have mushed
you have mushed
they have mushed

Past Continuous
I was mushing
you were mushing
he/she/it was mushing
we were mushing
you were mushing
they were mushing

Past Perfect
I had mushed
you had mushed
he/she/it had mushed
we had mushed
you had mushed
they had mushed

Future
I will mush
you will mush
he/she/it will mush
we will mush
you will mush
they will mush

Future Perfect
I will have mushed
you will have mushed
he/she/it will have mushed
we will have mushed
you will have mushed
they will have mushed

Future Continuous
I will be mushing
you will be mushing
he/she/it will be mushing
we will be mushing
you will be mushing
they will be mushing

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been mushing
you have been mushing
he/she/it has been mushing
we have been mushing
you have been mushing
they have been mushing

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been mushing
you will have been mushing
he/she/it will have been mushing
we will have been mushing
you will have been mushing
they will have been mushing

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been mushing
you had been mushing
he/she/it had been mushing
we had been mushing
you had been mushing
they had been mushing

Conditional
I would mush
you would mush
he/she/it would mush
we would mush
you would mush
they would mush

Past Conditional
I would have mushed
you would have mushed
he/she/it would have mushed
we would have mushed
you would have mushed
they would have mushed

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	mush - any soft or soggy mass; "he pounded it to a pulp"pulpmass - a body of matter without definite shape; "a huge ice mass"
	2.	mush - cornmeal boiled in watercornmeal mushcornmeal, Indian meal - coarsely ground cornhot cereal - a cereal that is served hotatole - eaten as mush or as a thin gruelhasty 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 sentimentalglop, treacle, slopsentimentalism - the excessive expression of tender feelings, nostalgia, or sadness in any form
	4.	mush - a journey by dogsledjourney, 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 dogsleddrive - urge forward; "drive the cows into the barn"
	2.	mush - travel with a dogsleddogsledsled, sleigh - ride (on) a sledmush - drive (a team of dogs or a dogsled)

mush

noun1. 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.

mush

nounInformal. The quality or condition of being affectedly or overly emotional:bathos, maudlinism, mawkishness, sentimentalism, sentimentality.Informal: mushiness, schmaltz, schmaltziness, sloppiness.Slang: sappiness.verbTo press forcefully so as to break up into a pulpy mass:crush, mash, pulp, squash.

Translations

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(maʃ) noun something soft and wet. The potatoes have turned to mush after being boiled for so long.糊状物ˈmushy adjective糊状的

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mush (something) up

To mash or crush something into a thick, soft pulp. Make sure you mush up that banana before you give it to Katie—she's still having trouble chewing solid food.See also: mush, up

mushhead

slang A foolish, idiotic person; someone lacking basic intelligence or common sense. Why they hired a mushhead like him to look after the accounts is beyond me! Oh God, look what I did—I've been such a mushhead today!

mushmouth

slang A person who is not able to speak clearly or properly. Often used humorously or hyperbolically. Sorry, I'm such a mushmouth today—I didn't sleep properly last night, and I'm finding it hard to get my words out the right way. I was kind of a mushmouth as a kid because of a slight speech impediment.

mush

1. n. nonsense. What mush! Come on, talk straight! 2. n. romance; lovemaking; kissing. I can’t stand movies with lots of mush in them. 3. n. one’s face. (Crude.) Put some paint on your mush, and let’s get going.

mushhead

n. a stupid person. Oh, good grief, I’m such a mushhead!

mushmouth

n. a person who does not or cannot speak clearly. How can a mushmouth like that get a job reading news on network television?

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noun pulp

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noun sentimentality

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noun the quality or condition of being affectedly or overly emotional

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verb to press forcefully so as to break up into a pulpy mass

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noun any soft or soggy mass

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noun cornmeal boiled in water

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noun writing or music that is excessively sweet and sentimental

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noun a journey by dogsled

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verb drive (a team of dogs or a dogsled)

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verb travel with a dogsled

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