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- Dictionarymush/mʌʃ/
noun
- 1. a soft, wet, pulpy mass: "red lentils cook quickly and soon turn to mush" Similar
- 2. feeble or cloying sentimentality: "the film's not just romantic mush" Similar
verb
- 1. reduce (a substance) to a soft, wet, pulpy mass: "I reached over to his plate with my spoon and mushed together his pie with slice of flan"
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MUSH definition: 1. any unpleasant thick soft substance, such as food that has been cooked for too long: 2. If you…. Learn more.
Mush is a soft, squishy clump of something. That bowlful of mush your grandfather gave you for breakfast might be oatmeal.
Mush definition: meal, especially cornmeal, boiled in water or milk until it forms a thick, soft mass, or until it is stiff enough to mold into a loaf for slicing and frying.. See examples of MUSH used in a sentence.
1. : a thick porridge made with cornmeal boiled in water or milk. 2. : something soft and spongy or shapeless. 3. a. : weak sentimentality : drivel. b. : mawkish amorousness. mush. 2 of 4. verb (1) ˈməsh. mushed; mushing; mushes. transitive verb. chiefly dialectal: to reduce to a crumbly mass.
any unpleasant thick soft substance, such as food that has been cooked for too long: If you overcook the cabbage it'll turn to mush. informal. If you say your brain has turned to mush, it means you cannot think clearly. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Various qualities of food. candy coat. candy-coated. citric. cordon bleu. creamily.
Definition of 'mush' mush. (mʌʃ ) Word forms: mushes , mushing , mushed. 1. variable noun [oft a NOUN] Mush is a thick, soft paste. The brown mush in the fridge is some veg soup left over. 2. uncountable noun. If you describe something such as a film or book as mush, you mean that it is very sentimental. [disapproval]
mush 1 /mʌʃ or, esp. for 2-5. mʊʃ/ USA pronunciation. n. [uncountable] a thick mixture made by boiling meal, esp. cornmeal, in water or milk. any thick, soft mass. anything lacking force, substance, or strength: His arguments are nothing but mush. v. [~ + object] to squeeze or crush; crunch. mush 2 /mʌʃ/ USA pronunciation v. [no object]
OED's earliest evidence for mush is from 1781, in the writing of John Hutton, writer on topography and etymology. It is also recorded as a noun from the late 1600s. mush is of multiple origins.
mush meaning: food that is unpleasantly soft and wet, usually because it has been cooked for too long. Learn more.
What does the noun mush mean? There are eight meanings listed in OED's entry for the noun mush, one of which is labelled obsolete, and one of which is considered derogatory. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence. mush has developed meanings and uses in subjects including.
