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slush
slush S0487200 (slŭsh)n.1. Partially melted snow or ice.2. Soft mud; slop; mire.3. Nautical Grease or fat discarded from a ship's galley.4. A greasy compound used as a lubricant for machinery.5. Maudlin speech or writing; sentimental drivel.6. A drink made of flavored syrup poured over crushed ice.7. Informal Unsolicited manuscripts submitted to a publisher.v. slushed, slush·ing, slush·es v.tr.1. To daub (machinery) with slush.2. To fill (joints in masonry) with mortar.3. Nautical To wash down (a deck) by splashing with water.4. To splash or soak with slush or mud.v.intr.1. To walk or proceed through slush.2. To make a splashing or slushy sound. [Perhaps of Scandinavian origin; akin to Norwegian slask, sloppy weather.] slush′y adj.slush′i·ly adv.slush′i·ness n.slush (slʌʃ) n1. any watery muddy substance, esp melting snow2. informal sloppily sentimental language3. (Nautical Terms) nautical waste fat from the galley of a shipvb4. (often foll by: along) to make one's way through or as if through slush5. (intr) to make a slushing sound[C17: related to Danish slus sleet, Norwegian slusk slops; see sludge, slosh]slush (slʌʃ) n. 1. partly melted snow. 2. liquid mud; watery mire. 3. refuse fat from the galley of a ship. 4. a mixture of grease and other materials for lubricating. 5. silly, sentimental talk or writing. v.t. 6. to splash with slush. 7. to grease with slush. 8. to fill or cover with mortar or cement. [1635–45; appar. akin to Norwegian slusk slops, Swedish slask mud, slops] slush′i•ness, n. slush′y, adj. -i•er, -i•est. slush Past participle: slushed Gerund: slushing
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I slush | you slush | he/she/it slushes | we slush | you slush | they slush |
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I slushed | you slushed | he/she/it slushed | we slushed | you slushed | they slushed |
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I am slushing | you are slushing | he/she/it is slushing | we are slushing | you are slushing | they are slushing |
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I have slushed | you have slushed | he/she/it has slushed | we have slushed | you have slushed | they have slushed |
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I was slushing | you were slushing | he/she/it was slushing | we were slushing | you were slushing | they were slushing |
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I had slushed | you had slushed | he/she/it had slushed | we had slushed | you had slushed | they had slushed |
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I will slush | you will slush | he/she/it will slush | we will slush | you will slush | they will slush |
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I will have slushed | you will have slushed | he/she/it will have slushed | we will have slushed | you will have slushed | they will have slushed |
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I will be slushing | you will be slushing | he/she/it will be slushing | we will be slushing | you will be slushing | they will be slushing |
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I have been slushing | you have been slushing | he/she/it has been slushing | we have been slushing | you have been slushing | they have been slushing |
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I will have been slushing | you will have been slushing | he/she/it will have been slushing | we will have been slushing | you will have been slushing | they will have been slushing |
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I had been slushing | you had been slushing | he/she/it had been slushing | we had been slushing | you had been slushing | they had been slushing |
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I would slush | you would slush | he/she/it would slush | we would slush | you would slush | they would slush |
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I would have slushed | you would have slushed | he/she/it would have slushed | we would have slushed | you would have slushed | they would have slushed | ThesaurusNoun | 1. | slush - partially melted snowH2O, water - binary compound that occurs at room temperature as a clear colorless odorless tasteless liquid; freezes into ice below 0 degrees centigrade and boils above 100 degrees centigrade; widely used as a solvent | Verb | 1. | slush - make a splashing sound; "water was splashing on the floor"slosh, splosh, splashsound, go - make a certain noise or sound; "She went `Mmmmm'"; "The gun went `bang'" | | 2. | slush - spill or splash copiously or clumsily; "slosh paint all over the walls"slosh around, slush around, sloshspatter, splatter, plash, swash, splash, splosh - dash a liquid upon or against; "The mother splashed the baby's face with water" |
slushnoun (Informal) sentimentality, emotion, romanticism, emotionalism, tenderness, tender feeling, mawkishness, soft-heartedness, overemotionalism sentimental slushslushnounA viscous, usually offensively dirty substance:mire, muck, ooze, slime, slop, sludge.verbTo soil with mud:bemire, mire, muck (up), mud, muddy.Translationsslush (slaʃ) noun1. melting snow. The streets are covered with slush. 融雪,泥濘 融雪,烂泥 2. (something said or written showing) weak sentimentality. I think most romantic novels are just slush! 廢話 废话ˈslushy adjective 無價值的 无价值的ˈslushiness noun 廢話 废话slush
slushSpeech or especially writing that is overly or sloppily sentimental. I'm so embarrassed to read the slush I used to fill my old journals with when I was a teenager. Sometimes a bit of slush is all you really want in a book when you're lounging at the beach or by a pool.slush fundAn ancillary or reserve fund that has been accumulated or set aside for undesignated or unspecified purposes, especially those that are or are viewed as being illicit, corrupt, or morally questionable. It has come to light that the senator paid for special treatment by the newspapers out of her party's slush fund. The CEO instructed his lawyer to use the company's slush fund to settle the lawsuit out of court.See also: fund, slushslush up1. Of snow or ice, to melt partially, becoming sloppy and wet in the process. The ice along the river began slushing up as the cold snap finally subsided.2. To cause something to turn into slush. In this usage, a noun or pronoun can be used between "slush" and "up." I like to freeze fruit juice in ice cube trays, then put them in the blender and slush them up with some fresh fruit and yogurt. The warm sun began immediately slushing up the snow in the front yard.3. To cover or splatter something with slush. In this usage, a noun or pronoun can be used between "slush" and "up." Would you go out and scrape the melted snow off the windscreen for me? I don't want to slush up my new suede boots. The workers slushed my floor up as they trudged in and out of the house in their work boots.See also: slush, upslush upto become messy with slush. As the winter storm increases in intensity, the roads will slush up and become impassable. After an hour of snow and rain, the roads were so slushed up that we could not travel.See also: slush, upslush fund n. a fund of money that can be used for various unofficial and discretionary purposes. How much is left in the slush fund? See also: fund, slushslush up in. to drink liquor; to get drunk. They slushed up for a while and went out to look for some chicks. See also: slush, upslushed (up) mod. alcohol intoxicated. I hate to come home slushed and wake up everybody. I have to sing, you see. See also: slush, upslushed verbSee slushed upSee also: slushslush
slush Nautical waste fat from the galley of a ship slush[sləsh] (hydrology) Snow or ice on the ground that has been reduced to a soft, watery mixture by rain, warm temperature, or chemical treatment. (oceanography) sludge slushWater-saturated snow which with a heel-and-toe slap-down motion against the ground will be displaced with a splatter. Its specific gravity is between 0.5 and 0.8 (ICAO).slush
slush [slush] an ice solution with a consistency like that of snow, used for preservation.FinancialSeeSlushingslush
Synonyms for slushnoun sentimentalitySynonyms- sentimentality
- emotion
- romanticism
- emotionalism
- tenderness
- tender feeling
- mawkishness
- soft-heartedness
- overemotionalism
Synonyms for slushnoun a viscous, usually offensively dirty substanceSynonyms- mire
- muck
- ooze
- slime
- slop
- sludge
verb to soil with mudSynonymsSynonyms for slushnoun partially melted snowRelated Wordsverb make a splashing soundSynonymsRelated Wordsverb spill or splash copiously or clumsilySynonyms- slosh around
- slush around
- slosh
Related Words- spatter
- splatter
- plash
- swash
- splash
- splosh
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