(~es ~ing ~ed)
1.
Mush is a thick, soft paste.
The brown ~ in the fridge is some veg soup left over.
N-VAR: also a N
2.
If you describe something such as a film or book as ~, you mean that it is very sentimental.
Whenever famous actresses get together to make a ‘woman’s film’ you can bet on an overload of sentimental ~.
N-UNCOUNT disapproval
3.
If you ~ something, you make it into a ~.
...~ed-up potato and cauliflower.
= mash
VERB: V-ed up , also V n, V-ed