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mushed

mushed is the simple past and past participle of mush.

Meaning of mush

Verb (1)

mush (third-person singular simple present mushes, present participle mushing, simple past and past participle mushed)

  1. To squish so as to break into smaller pieces or to combine with something else.
    • He mushed the ingredients together.

Verb (2)

mush (third-person singular simple present mushes, present participle mushing, simple past and past participle mushed)

  1. (intransitive) To walk, especially across the snow with dogs.
    • [skiing] It's as beautiful as you always described it, Sam. / I think we'd make better time on the dog sled. You in the mood to mush?2019, Bob Smiley, “Cocaine Pills and Pony Meat” (17:50 from the start), in Victor Nelli Jr., director, Atypical, season 3, episode 3, spoken by Julia and Sam (Amy Okuda and Keir Gilchrist), via...
  2. (transitive) To drive dogs, usually pulling a sled, across the snow.
    • Together the two men loaded and lashed the sled. They warmed their hands for the last time, pulled on their mittens, and mushed the dogs over the bank and down to the river-trail.1910, Jack London, Burning Daylight, part 1 chapter 4

Verb (3)

mush (third-person singular simple present mushes, present participle mushing, simple past and past participle mushed)

  1. (transitive) To notch, cut, or indent (cloth, etc.) with a stamp.

See all 20 meanings of mush

Adjective

mushed (comparative more mushed, superlative most mushed)

  1. (UK, dialectal) worn out; exhausted

Forms of mushed

comparativemore mushed
superlativemost mushed

Phrases with mushed

Questions about mushed

What does mushed mean?
Mushed means worn out; exhausted.
What is mushed the simple past and past participle of?
Mushed is the simple past and past participle of mush.
What part of speech is mushed?
Mushed is an adjective.

Words near mushed in the dictionary

  1. mushball
  2. mushballs
  3. mushbooh
  4. mushbrain
  5. mushbrains
  6. mushed
  7. mushed up
  8. musher
  9. mushers
  10. mushes
  11. mushes up

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