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Mush

/mʌʃ/ · noun

Meaning

A somewhat liquid mess, often of food; a soft or semisolid substance..

Definitions by Sense

  1. A somewhat liquid mess, often of food; a soft or semisolid substance.
  2. (radio) A mixture of noise produced by the harmonics of continuous-wave stations.
  3. (surfing) The foam of a breaker.
  4. (geology) A magmatic body containing a significant proportion of crystals suspended in the liquid phase or melt.
  5. (MLE) A gun.
  6. To squish so as to break into smaller pieces or to combine with something else.
  7. A food comprising cracked or rolled grains cooked in water or milk; porridge.
  8. (rustic US) Cornmeal cooked in water and served as a porridge or as a thick sidedish like grits or mashed potatoes.

Example Sentences

His food is of the coarsest kind, consisting for the most part of cornmeal mush, which often finds its way from the wooden tray to his mouth in an oyster shell.
And Rincon was all about surfing. Flash back thirty-odd years, to a skinny kid on a Styrofoam belly-board, pin-wheeling out into the mush of Jacksonville Beach, Florida.
Do you want me to back out the mush, bruv?
He mushed the ingredients together.
One must compartmentalize one's life and not let different facets/experiences mush over into one another.
However, they did make and sometimes even bake cornmeal mushes that could be either sweetened or fortified with fat.
"An' of course the dogs can hike along all day with that contraption behind them," affirmed a second of the men. / "Certainly," said Hal, with freezing politeness, taking hold of the gee-pole with one hand and swinging his whip from the other. "Mush!" he shouted. "Mush on there!" / The dogs sprang against the breast-bands, strained hard for a few moments, then relaxed. They were unable to move the sled.
The White House posted a cartoon to X on Wednesday of two Greenlandic mush teams with three huskies each, pointing towards the choice of the white pillars and the South Lawn or a tempestuous scene by the Great Wall of China and Red Square in Russia.

Synonyms for mush

shroommatepalmugcornmeal mush

Antonyms for mush

Related Words

cornmeal mushslurrypulpgiddyapforwardcompoundcomposedgaecornmealpablumpapoatmealcerealporridgepuddingsampconsistinggiddapmashslop

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Frequently Asked Questions

What does mush mean?

Mush means A somewhat liquid mess, often of food; a soft or semisolid substance..

What is a synonym for mush?

Common synonyms include shroom, mate, pal, mug.

What is the opposite of mush?

The opposite depends on the specific sense.

How do you use mush in a sentence?

His food is of the coarsest kind, consisting for the most part of cornmeal mush, which often finds its way from the wooden tray to his mouth in an oyster shell.

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