mush

mush /m'ʌʃ/ (mushes mushing mushed)
1 [N-VAR] also a N
Mush is a thick, soft paste.
The brown mush in the fridge is some veg soup left over.
2 [N-UNCOUNT]
If you describe something such as a film or book as mush, 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 mush.
3 [VERB] V-ed up, also V n, V-ed
If you mush something, you make it into a mush.
...mushed-up potato and cauliflower.
= mash