mush

• Sustantivo con varios significados: masa blanda y pastosa; papilla de harina de maíz cocida en agua; escritura o música excesivamente sentimental; o viaje con trineo tirado por perros.

A noun with multiple meanings: a soft, pulpy mass; a porridge made from cornmeal boiled in water; overly sentimental writing or music; or a journey by dogsled.

1. Soft massB1informal

   A soft, thick, and often shapeless mass or mixture, typically of food or other substances.

   Masa blanda

   • The snow turned into a brown mush by the roadside.
   • He ate a bowl of oatmeal that had become a tasteless mush.
   • The fallen leaves formed a wet mush on the ground.

   Sinónimosgoomashpappastepulppureeslopsludgeslush

2. Cornmeal porridgeA2formalamericanculinary

   A type of porridge made by boiling cornmeal in water or milk, often eaten as a breakfast dish.

   Gachas de maíz

   • For breakfast, she served a bowl of hot mush with butter and syrup.
   • The pioneers often ate cornmeal mush as a staple food.
   • He added a pinch of salt to the mush to enhance the flavor.

   Sinónimospolenta

3. Sentimental writing or musicB2informalart

   Writing, speech, or music that is overly sentimental, sweet, or emotional.

   Sentimentalismo empalagoso

   • The movie was full of romantic mush that made me cringe.
   • His poetry was dismissed as sentimental mush by critics.
   • She couldn't stand the sugary mush of the pop ballad.

   Sinónimoscorngoohokummawkishnessschmaltzsentimentalityslushtreacle

4. Dogsled journeyB2informal

   A long journey made by dogsled, often across snow or ice.

   Viaje en trineo de perros

   • The musher prepared for a long mush across the frozen tundra.
   • They set out on a three-day mush to deliver supplies.
   • The dogs were eager to begin the mush through the snowy wilderness.

• Verbo que significa convertir algo en una masa blanda y pastosa, o guiar un trineo tirado por perros de trineo.

A verb used to indicate the act of reducing something to a soft, pulpy mass, or to drive a dog sled team.

1. Drive a dogsledB2informal

   To command or drive a team of dogs pulling a sled, typically used in snowy regions.

   conducir un trineo de perros

   • He mushed the dogs across the frozen tundra.
   • The musher yelled 'Mush!' to get the team moving.
   • They mushed through the blizzard to reach the cabin.

   Sinónimosdogsled

2. Travel by dogsledB2informal

   To travel using a dogsled, often as a mode of transportation or sport.

   viajar en trineo de perros

   • We mushed for miles across the snowy landscape.
   • She learned to mush during her trip to Alaska.
   • They mushed to the next checkpoint in the race.

   Sinónimosdogsledsledge