mush

/mʌʃ/
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mush

The dogsled team races across the snowy mush.

Definition

  1. Noun:

    • A soft, wet, pulpy mass: A substance that is soft, wet, and lacks a definite shape, often resulting from something being crushed or overcooked.
    • Cornmeal porridge: A type of soft, thick porridge made by boiling cornmeal in water or milk.
    • Excessively sentimental writing or speech: Language, music, or ideas that are overly emotional in a weak or silly way.
    • A journey by dogsled: A trip made using a sled pulled by dogs, especially in snowy regions.

  2. Verb:

    • To travel by dogsled: To make a journey using a dogsled.
    • To drive a dogsled team: To command and steer a team of dogs pulling a sled.
Usage Examples

  • Noun:

    • The heavy rain turned the path into a mush of mud and leaves.
    • For breakfast, they served a simple bowl of mush with honey.
    • I can't stand that song; it's just sentimental mush.
    • They embarked on a long mush across the Alaskan tundra.

  • Verb:

    • The explorers will mush across the frozen lake tomorrow.
    • She learned how to mush a team of huskies effectively.
Advanced Usage
  • "To make a mush of something": To crush or beat something into a soft, pulpy state.
    • The chef made a mush of the vegetables for the baby food.
  • "Mush!": A command shouted to a team of sled dogs to start moving or to go faster.
    • The driver yelled "Mush!" and the dogs strained against their harnesses.
Variants and Related Words
  • Mushy (adjective): Soft and pulpy; or, overly sentimental.
    • The peaches were so ripe they became mushy.
    • He wrote a mushy love letter.
Synonyms
  • Pulp (noun): A soft, wet, shapeless mass.
  • Porridge (noun): A hot dish of cereal or grain boiled in water or milk.
  • Sentimentality (noun): Excessive tenderness, sadness, or nostalgia.
  • Dogsled (verb): To travel or drive a sled pulled by dogs.
Related Phrases
  • "Mush on!": An encouragement to a dogsled team to continue moving forward.
    • Despite the blizzard, the command was to mush on.
mush

The dogsled team races across the snowy mush.

Noun
  1. a journey by dogsled
  2. writing or music that is excessively sweet and sentimental
  3. cornmeal boiled in water
  4. any soft or soggy mass
    • he pounded it to a pulp
Verb
  1. travel with a dogsled
  2. drive (a team of dogs or a dogsled)

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