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# mushy

«mushy» in Mova's school dictionary: **soft and squashy, like mashed food or over-ripe fruit** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adjective (mushy, mushier, mushiest)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Mushy means soft and squashy, like mashed food or over-ripe fruit. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mushy/#m1)

2) (informal) Mushy means too sentimental, full of soppy love feelings: a mushy film. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mushy/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In everyday life «mushy peas» are a British dish served with fish and chips, and over-cooked vegetables go mushy. Children often call romantic films or kissing scenes «mushy». In science, fruit going mushy is a sign of decay. Phrases: «mushy peas», «go mushy», «all mushy».

### examples

- The banana went mushy in my lunchbox. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mushy/#x1)
- We had fish and chips with mushy peas. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mushy/#x2)
- The cereal turns mushy if you leave it in the milk too long. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mushy/#x3)
- Ugh, this film is too mushy! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mushy/#x4)
- Cook the carrots longer if you like them mushy. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mushy/#x5)
- The card was full of mushy poems. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mushy/#x6)

### note

Comparatives: mushier, mushiest. From «mush» (a soft wet mass). The sentimental sense is informal and slightly mocking, not rude.

### In the corpora

- [Anteaters get a specially made mushy mix that copies an ant diet, because a zoo cannot collect enough wild ants.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/111-feeding-times-and-the-zoo-kitchen/12/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «mushy» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mushy/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.