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# slush

noun (slush — uncountable); adjective slushy; noun (a slushie / slushy — a drink)

«slush» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Slush is snow that has partly melted and turned into wet, dirty, half-frozen mush on the ground. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/slush/#m1)
2. A slush or slushie is a drink of flavoured crushed ice. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/slush/#m2)
3. (informal) Slush can also mean silly, over-sweet, soppy talk or writing about love. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/slush/#m3)

### In the lessons

In weather and science lessons, slush forms when snow starts to melt, showing change of state from solid to liquid; it is slippery and splashes. In everyday life, children buy fruit slushies in summer. A "slush fund" (money) is a hidden pot of money, often for dishonest use.

### Examples

- The snow turned to grey slush by lunchtime. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/slush/#x1)
- The bus splashed slush all over my coat. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/slush/#x2)
- Walk carefully — the slush is slippery. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/slush/#x3)
- I had a blue raspberry slush at the cinema. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/slush/#x4)
- The film was full of romantic slush. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/slush/#x5)
- Melting snow becomes slush before it becomes water. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/slush/#x6)
- Our boots got soaked in the slush. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/slush/#x7)

### Note

Uncountable: some slush, not a slush (except the drink: a slush, a slushie). Adjective: slushy. Slush is a mix of solid ice and liquid water.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «slush» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/slush/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«slush» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/slush.html) on Mova free.