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mush¹ Definition

mush (mus̸h)

noun

  1. a thick porridge made by boiling meal, esp. cornmeal, in water or milk
  2. any thick, soft, yielding mass
  3. Informal maudlin sentimentality

Etymology: prob. var. of mash

transitive verb

Chiefly Brit., Dialectal to make into mush; crush

mush² Definition

mush (mus̸h)

in Canada and Alaska, used to command sled dogs to start or to go faster

Etymology: prob. < mush on, altered < Fr marchons, let's go < marcher, to go, march

intransitive verb

to travel on foot over snow with a dog sled

noun

a journey by mushing

mush Synonyms

mush

n.

  1. Boiled meal

    Indian meal, hasty pudding, supawn, samp, hominy, cereal, grain, spoon*, victual*; see also food.

  2. Any soft mass

    pulp, slush, dough; see mash.

  3. *Sentimentality

    sentimentalism, excessive sentiment, mawkishness, affectation, superficiality, superficial sentiment, exaggerated sentiment, romanticism, maudlinism, a sentiment about sentiment, puppy love*, gush*, flap-doodle*, hearts and flowers*, sob stuff*; see also love.

mush Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • eat: Oh and of course the little one will be breastfed and then eat homemade organic mush.
  • become: Better get out before my mind becomes a mush of cheesy innuendo.
  • make: You might have to mash its pellets and add water to make a mush.
  • know: Goblin ish a thief, Smeagol doeshn't know goblin mush anymore, where ish Goblin?
  • base: The Transformers MUSH List - MUSHes based on the Transformers theme, with telnet and web addresses.
  • have: I didnât have mush to feel down about I thought as when you look around the ward Iâve got it easy.

Adjective modifier

  • slimy: Do not put solid batches in, as too much grass will produce a slimy, smelly mush.
  • smelly: Do not put solid batches in, as too much grass will produce a slimy, smelly mush.
  • doggie: When you place these foods in the bowl, they immediately turn into doggie mush.
  • fried: Back to the surface for a dinner of fried mush.
  • pure: Too many baby meals on the market are just purees or pure mush!
  • soft: Cook gently, stirring occasionally, till the apples fall to a soft mush.

Modifies a noun

  • room: Now we cleared with about 2 inch clearance on the now highest bit, the front mush room vent.
  • culture: MUSH culture also enjoys some of the other hallmarks typical of a self-taught, intrinsically collaborative culture.

Modifying Another Word

  • together: And then, how does it not get all mushed together to make a horrid pale purple paste?

Noun used with modifier

  • equality: Instead all equality issues are being brought together in what some fear will be 'an equalities mush ' .
  • maize: In some areas, maize mush is fried or baked.
  • care: It is possible to hang the feeder although care mush be taken.

Followed by an intransitive particle

  • up: Or are they mushed up too finely to know?
mush Quotes

We are fed up with fudging and nudging, with mush and slush.

—Owen, David AnthonyLlewellynOwen, Baron

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