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mush
mush1 / məsh/ • n. 1. a soft, wet, pulpy mass: she trudged through the mush of fallen leaves. ∎ fig. feeble or cloying sentimentality: the film's not just romantic mush. 2. thick porridge, esp. made of cornmeal. • v. [tr.] [usu. as adj.] (mushed) reduce (a substance) to a soft, wet, pulpy mass: simmer until the apples and potatoes are tender but not mushed. mush2 • v. [intr.] go on a journey across snow with a dogsled: by the end of winter he will have snowshoed up to 700 miles and mushed about the same. ∎ [tr.] urge on (the dogs) during such a journey. • interj. a command urging on dogs during such a journey. • n. a journey across snow with a dogsled: a twelve-day mush. |
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"mush." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. 29 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "mush." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. (May 29, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-mush.html "mush." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Retrieved May 29, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-mush.html |
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mush (N. Amer.) porridge made with meal XVII; (f. the vb.) pulpy mess or substance XIX. prob. symbolic alt. of MASH.
So vb. XVIII. Hence mushy XIX. |
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T. F. HOAD. "mush." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. 29 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. T. F. HOAD. "mush." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. (May 29, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-mush.html T. F. HOAD. "mush." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Retrieved May 29, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-mush.html |
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mush American; cakes of boiled ground rice served cold or fried.
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DAVID A. BENDER. "mush." A Dictionary of Food and Nutrition. 2005. Encyclopedia.com. 29 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. DAVID A. BENDER. "mush." A Dictionary of Food and Nutrition. 2005. Encyclopedia.com. (May 29, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O39-mush.html DAVID A. BENDER. "mush." A Dictionary of Food and Nutrition. 2005. Retrieved May 29, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O39-mush.html |
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MUSH See MULTIUSER SHARED ILLUSION.
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DARREL INCE. "MUSH." A Dictionary of the Internet. 2001. Encyclopedia.com. 29 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. DARREL INCE. "MUSH." A Dictionary of the Internet. 2001. Encyclopedia.com. (May 29, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O12-MUSH.html DARREL INCE. "MUSH." A Dictionary of the Internet. 2001. Retrieved May 29, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O12-MUSH.html |
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mush •bush, Hindu Kush, kurus, mush, push, whoosh, woosh
•shadbush • ambush • spicebush
•saltbush • kiddush • cush-cush
•bell push
•ablush, blush, brush, crush, flush, gush, hush, hush-hush, lush, mush, plush, rush, shush, slush, thrush, tush
•airbrush, hairbrush
•sagebrush • paintbrush • onrush
•song thrush • outrush • toothbrush
•woodrush • bulrush • uprush
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"mush." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. 29 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "mush." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. (May 29, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-mush.html "mush." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Retrieved May 29, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-mush.html |
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