mushes

Commands sled dogs

Mushes is the third-person singular of mush, meaning to travel over snow with a dog sled: He mushes across the frozen tundra every winter.

Mush also means to reduce something to a soft, pulpy mass, or to make something overly sentimental: The movie mushes up the historical record.

As a plural noun, mushes refers to multiple instances of soft, shapeless matter.

softfood

porridge

Boiled grain dish

polenta · mashed potatoes · baby food · applesauce · gruel · pap · slop · fufu · congee · risotto

trudging

slogs

Walks with difficulty

trudges · snowshoes · slush · mud · bog · slogging · footsteps · heavy · labored · slow

sledding

gee

Mild exclamation of surprise

  • hawEquine left-turn command
  • hikeExtended walk outdoors
  • whoaCommand to stop

line out · dogsledding · husky · lead dog · sled · harness · trail · Iditarod · Yukon · sprint

Categories
Opposites
travel mode/pace

musheshalts

Suddenly stops moving

stops · stays · stands still · whoas · rests

texture transformation

mushessolidifies

Becomes hard or firm

hardens · stiffens · crystallizes · sets · freezes

Phrases
Family

mushy, mush, mushed, mushing, musher, mushiness, mushers, mushiest

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G