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I am the luckiest novelist in the world. I was a first-time novelist who wasn't awash in rejection slips, whose manuscript didn't disappear in slush piles. I have had a wonderful time.
Vikas Swarup

Meaning of "slush" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD SLUSH

Related to Danish slus sleet, Norwegian slusk slops.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF SLUSH

slush  [slʌʃ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SLUSH

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Slush is a verb and can also act as a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb slush in English.

WHAT DOES SLUSH MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Slush

Slush, also called slush ice, is a slurry mixture of small ice crystals and liquid water. In the natural environment, slush forms when ice and/or snow melts. This often mixes with dirt and other materials, resulting in a gray or muddy brown color. Often, solid ice or snow will block the drainage of fluid water from slushy areas, so slush often goes through multiple freeze/thaw cycles before completely disappearing. In areas where road salt is used to clear roadways, slush forms at lower temperatures than it would ordinarily, and only in salted areas; this can produce a number of different consistencies over the same geographical area. Slushfall or slushing is the action of a wet snow falling from the sky.

Definition of slush in the English dictionary

The first definition of slush in the dictionary is any watery muddy substance, esp melting snow. Other definition of slush is sloppily sentimental language. Slush is also waste fat from the galley of a ship.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO SLUSH

PRESENT

Present
I slush
you slush
he/she/it slushes
we slush
you slush
they slush
Present continuous
I am slushing
you are slushing
he/she/it is slushing
we are slushing
you are slushing
they are slushing
Present perfect
I have slushed
you have slushed
he/she/it has slushed
we have slushed
you have slushed
they have slushed
Present perfect continuous
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
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I slushed
you slushed
he/she/it slushed
we slushed
you slushed
they slushed
Past continuous
I was slushing
you were slushing
he/she/it was slushing
we were slushing
you were slushing
they were slushing
Past perfect
I had slushed
you had slushed
he/she/it had slushed
we had slushed
you had slushed
they had slushed
Past perfect continuous
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
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will slush
you will slush
he/she/it will slush
we will slush
you will slush
they will slush
Future continuous
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
Future perfect
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
Future perfect continuous
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
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would slush
you would slush
he/she/it would slush
we would slush
you would slush
they would slush
Conditional continuous
I would be slushing
you would be slushing
he/she/it would be slushing
we would be slushing
you would be slushing
they would be slushing
Conditional perfect
I would have slush
you would have slush
he/she/it would have slush
we would have slush
you would have slush
they would have slush
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been slushing
you would have been slushing
he/she/it would have been slushing
we would have been slushing
you would have been slushing
they would have been slushing
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you slush
we let´s slush
you slush
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to slush
Past participle
slushed
Present Participle
slushing
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH SLUSH


ablush
əˈblʌʃ
blush
blʌʃ
flush
flʌʃ
four-flush
ˈfɔːˌflʌʃ
lush
lʌʃ
outblush
ˌaʊtˈblʌʃ
outflush
ˈaʊtˌflʌʃ
overflush
ˌəʊvəˈflʌʃ
plush
plʌʃ
unflush
ʌnˈflʌʃ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SLUSH

slunk
slur
slurb
slurban
slurp
slurper
slurred
slurries
slurring
slurry
slush fund
slush pile
slushier
slushiest
slushily
slushiness
slushy
slut
slutch
slutchy

WORDS THAT END LIKE SLUSH

airbrush
ambush
at a push
at first blush
brush
bush
crush
four flush
hot flush
hush
hush-hush
Kush
powder blush
push
royal flush
rush
straight flush
the bush
the push
toothbrush

Synonyms and antonyms of slush in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «SLUSH»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «slush» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of slush

Translation of «slush» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SLUSH

Find out the translation of slush to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of slush from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «slush» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

烂泥
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

nieve fangosa
570 millions of speakers

English

slush
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

कीचड़
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

ثُلُوجٌ ذَائِبَة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

слякоть
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

lama de neve derretida
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

জলকাদা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

neige fondue
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Lumpur
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Schneematsch
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ぬかるみ
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

진창
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Slush
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

tuyết tan
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

ஊழல்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

गचाळ करणे
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

sulu kar
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

fanghiglia
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

breja
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

талий сніг
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

mocirlă
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

λασπόχιονο
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

omkoopgeld
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

snöslask
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

slaps
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of slush

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SLUSH»

The term «slush» is quite widely used and occupies the 37.241 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SLUSH» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «slush» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «slush» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about slush

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7 QUOTES WITH «SLUSH»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word slush.
1
Sai Baba
You must be a lotus, unfolding its petals when the sun rises in the sky, unaffected by the slush where it is born or even the water which sustains it!
2
Tallulah Bankhead
I'm as pure as the driven slush.
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Tallulah Bankhead
My heart is as pure as the driven slush.
4
Ben Bradlee
We were right about the slush fund. But Sloan did not testify about it to the Grand Jury.
5
Don Kardong
Sure, the first light snowfall may be a chance to dance giddily, leaving squeaky footprints through the neighborhood, marking the runner's right to the domain. But later drubbings of snow merely complicate running. Snow turns to ice, to slush, to ice again. Tire ruts twist ankles. New snow hides the hazards.
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Doug Larson
Spring is when you feel like whistling even with a shoe full of slush.
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Vikas Swarup
I am the luckiest novelist in the world. I was a first-time novelist who wasn't awash in rejection slips, whose manuscript didn't disappear in slush piles. I have had a wonderful time.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SLUSH»

Discover the use of slush in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to slush and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Exchange Stabilization Fund: Slush Money Or War Chest?
The Exchange Stabilization Fund (ESF) holds more than $40 billion that is at the disposal of the US secretary of the Treasury for use in foreign exchange intervention and international financial support operations.
C. Randall Henning, 1999
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Notausgang: emergency exit Pure Slush Vol. 2
Pure Slush. Notausgang: emergency exit Pure Slush Vol. 2 is edited by Matt Potter and published by Pure Slush, May 2012. All stories are © of the individual authors Cover photograph © Matt Potter: Leipzig, Germany, August 2009 ISBN: ...
Pure Slush, 2012
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gorge a novel in stories Pure Slush Vol. 4
Pure Slush. gorge: Pure Slush Vol. 4 is edited by Matt Potter and published by Pure Slush, December 2012. All stories are copyright of the individual authors. ISBN: 978-1-300-54979-6 You can find Pure Slush at http://pureslush.webs.com/ All ...
Pure Slush, 2013
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slut: Pure Slush Vol. 1 second edition
Matt has been published in various places online, and he is, rather amazingly, also the founding editor of Pure Slush. Find more of his work at http://mattcpotter. webs.com/ Stephen V. Ramey's (Red Light) stuff has appeared in many places.
Pure Slush, 2012
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Plastics in European Cars, 2000-2008
Slush moulding has been used for dashboards. Low plasticiser formulations giving stiffer skins and less fogging can be made, but these do not flow well and are hard to process. Several companies are now developing materials and machines ...
I. G. Helps, 2001
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Designing Embedded Internet Devices
Dan Eisenreich, Brian DeMuth. Target address: 0x70100 Changed tag to 8000 Recursing directory: . directory: /home/dan/Projects/book/newslush/com/dalsemi/ slush/ . /command Adding file: ...
Dan Eisenreich, Brian DeMuth, 2003
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The Avalanche Handbook
SLUSH AVALANCHES Slush avalanches constitute another class of wet slab avalanche, but they occur under rather unusual conditions. In fact, they are almost always found at high latitudes, such as northern Norway or the Brooks Range of ...
David McClung, Peter A. Schaerer, 2006
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Popular Mechanics
OCTOBER 1990 CLEVELAND, OH— Engineers at NASA's Lewis Research Center are studying hydrogen slush in hopes that it may prove the ideal Slush test tank is mounted in a vacuum chamber. fuel for the National Aerospace Plane  ...
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Academic Press Dictionary of Science and Technology
2. see sludge. slush avalanche Geology, a far-reaching avalanche composed of rock debris released by snow that is supersaturated and mixed with meltwa- teri characteristic of a catastrophic opening of ice- and snow-dammed brooks to the ...
Christopher G. Morris, 1992
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Geotechnical Engineering of Dams
(c) Slush grout. Is a neat cement grout or a sand-cement slurry that is applied to cracks in the foundation. Slush grout should be used to fill only narrow surface cracks. It should not be used to cover exposed areas of the foundation other than as ...
Robin Fell, Patrick MacGregor, David Stapledon, 2005

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SLUSH»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term slush is used in the context of the following news items.
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Kathy Jackson set up 'secret' slush fund to pay allies
Kathy Jackson deliberately set up a “secret” slush fund and financial arrangements to hide her misappropriation and thwart legal rules about union spending, ... «The Australian, Jul 15»
2
Ontario Tories call for end to WSIB 'slush fund'
Ontario's Workplace Safety and Insurance Board has operated a "slush fund" for years without proper oversight to make sure its getting value for money, the ... «CBC.ca, Mar 15»
3
Spain ruling party ran secret slush fund: judge
Madrid (AFP) - A judge found Monday that Spain's ruling party ran a secret slush fund for 18 years, reviving a corruption scandal that has embarrassed the ... «Yahoo News, Mar 15»
4
Slush fund allegations hit POSCO
Some of the construction unit's executives in charge of projects in Southeast Asia allegedly created slush funds worth 10 billion won ($8.9 million) by inflating the ... «Korea Times, Mar 15»
5
Sonic finds adding candy to slush drinks is hit
Last summer, Sonic Drive-In launched a line-up of slush drinks with Nerds candy mixed in. They were so popular that some customers have asked to get the ... «Columbus Dispatch, Mar 15»
6
'Slush' waves form on Nantucket as ocean freezes – big picture
Photographer Jonathan Nimerfroh spotted ocean waves frozen over with slush off the Nantucket coast amid below-average temperatures throughout the region. «The Guardian, Feb 15»
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Julia Gillard won't face charges over AWU slush fund
JULIA Gillard faces no criminal action for her legal work on a slush fund for her ... and Ralph Blewitt closely about whether the (slush fund) Association existed, ... «The Australian, Dec 14»
8
Labor MP Andrew Leigh calls on Julie Bishop to apologise to Julia …
However, the summary of submissions to the commission released on Friday said AWU officials Bruce Wilson and Ralph Blewitt ran a "sham" slush fund, ... «ABC Online, Oct 14»
9
Slush Puppie creator Will Radcliff dies aged 74 in Ohio hospice
As sales boomed, Slush Puppie machines quickly became a staple in many U.S. convenience stores, before distributorships from Australia to Africa made the icy ... «Daily Mail, Sep 14»
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HP Russia guilty of government bribery using “secret slush fund”
“In a brazen violation of the FCPA, Hewlett Packard's Russia subsidiary used millions of dollars in bribes from a secret slush fund to secure a lucrative ... «Ars Technica, Sep 14»

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