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muse (1)
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museology
musette
museum
museum piece
Musgrave Ranges
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mush area
mushaira
mushburger
mushroom
mushroom cloud
Mushuau Innu
music
music box
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mush (2)

mush [ mush ]


interjection 
Definition:
 
command to sled dogs: used to make sled dogs start pulling or moving faster



noun  (plural mush·es)
Definition:
 
dogsled trip: a trip on a dogsled



verb  (past and past participle mushed, present participle mush·ing, 3rd person present singular mush·es)
Definition:
 
1. transitive and intransitive verb travel by dogsled: to travel on a dogsled, or drive a dogsled or team of dogs

2. intransitive verb Canada travel on snowshoes: to travel on foot in difficult conditions, especially with snowshoes

[Mid-19th century. < Mush on!, probably < French marchons "let us march" < marcher "to march"]

mush·er noun
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