# slush
## English
### Etymology

Most likely imitative; related to slosh.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /slʌʃ/
* Audio (Southern England):(file)
* Rhymes: -ʌʃ

### Noun

slush (usually uncountable, plural slushes)
* Half-melted snow or ice, generally located on the ground.
    As the skiing season drew to an end, there was nothing but slush left on the piste.
* Liquid mud or mire.
* Flavored shaved ice served as a drink.
* A soft mixture of grease and other materials, used for lubrication.
* The refuse grease and fat collected in cooking, especially on shipboard.
* (engineering) A mixture of white lead and lime, used as a paint to prevent oxidation.
* (publishing) Unsolicited manuscripts, as in slush pile.

#### Synonyms

* (snow): slush ice
* (flavored shaved ice served as a drink): slushy, slushie, slurpee, Slurpee, slush puppy, Slush Puppie

#### Derived terms

* slushbreaker
* slush-cast
* slushee
* slush fund
* slushie
* Slush Puppy
* slush puppy
* slushy

#### Translations
### Verb

slush (third-person singular simple present slushes, present participle slushing, simple past and past participle slushed)
* To smear with slushy liquid or grease.
** 2008 July 9, Donald G. Mcneil, “Restless Pioneers, Seeding Brooklyn”, in New York Times‎:The ungrateful “they” are Brooklynites who’ve come to see Harding-Mamary creations as a chain, where you can get it venti in a ramekin with crème fraîche or slushed with guava and salt on the rim.
* To slosh or splash; to move as, or through, a slushy or liquid substance.
** 1902, Jack London, The Cruise of the Dazzler‎:The water was soon slushing merrily over the deck, while the smoke pouring from the cabin stove carried a promise of good things to come.
** 1994 March 4, Dave Wiethop, Sandi Abadinski, “Reader to Reader”, in Chicago Reader‎:Sitting inside the Starbucks on Broadway near Roscoe, two art students had tired of sketching people slushing through the two-day-old snow.
** 1919, F. Scott Fitzgerald, This Side of Paradise‎:A belated freshman, his oilskin slicker rasping loudly, slushed along the soft path.
** 1918, Randall Parrish, Wolves of the Sea‎:The deck below me was littered with chests, sea boots, and odds and ends of clothing, while farther aft considerable water had found entrance through the scuttle hole, and was slushing back and forth as the bark rolled.
** 1907, Nicholas Carter, A Woman at Bay‎:They climbed over fallen and moss-grown logs; they slushed through shallow water; they crawled on their hands and knees under embankments and rocks, and at last, at Handsome's order, they stepped into a boat of some kind which the latter pushed away from the bank with a pole.
** 1888, Wilfrid Chateauclair, The Young Seigneur‎:But as the boat stuck in the bottom and refused to stir, he suddenly dropped his hold, and with an "Avance done!" gallantly slushed his way into the water alongside, in his Sunday trousers, lifted the gunwale and started her afloat, amidst a shower of final "Au revoirs," and the rose chaloupe moved with noiseless smoothness down the current.
** 1867, Frank Jardine, Alexander Jardine, The Overland Expedition of The Messrs. Jardine‎:The creek at last crossed, the party attempted to push forward on the other side, but after travelling a mile leading the horses, slushing through bog and swamp under a heavy rain, they were obliged to turn back and encamp on some high ground on the banks of the creek, about half-a-mile above the crossing, where there was a little good grass.
* To paint with a mixture of white lead and lime.

#### Derived terms

* slushbox
* slusher
* slush up

### Anagrams

* shuls

## Finnish
### Etymology

From English slush.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈslus/, [ˈs̠lus̠]
* IPA: /ˈsluʃ/, [ˈs̠luʃ]
* Rhymes: -us

### Noun

slush
* slush (icy drink)

#### Declension

Possessive forms of slush (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
slushini
slushini
accusative
nom.
slushini
slushini
gen.
slushini
genitive
slushini
slushieni
partitive
slushiani
slushejani
inessive
slushissani
slusheissani
elative
slushistani
slusheistani
illative
slushiini
slusheihini
adessive
slushillani
slusheillani
ablative
slushiltani
slusheiltani
allative
slushilleni
slusheilleni
essive
slushinani
slusheinani
translative
slushikseni
slusheikseni
abessive
slushittani
slusheittani
instructive
comitative
—slusheineni
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
slushisi
slushisi
accusative
nom.
slushisi
slushisi
gen.
slushisi
genitive
slushisi
slushiesi
partitive
slushiasi
slushejasi
inessive
slushissasi
slusheissasi
elative
slushistasi
slusheistasi
illative
slushiisi
slusheihisi
adessive
slushillasi
slusheillasi
ablative
slushiltasi
slusheiltasi
allative
slushillesi
slusheillesi
essive
slushinasi
slusheinasi
translative
slushiksesi
slusheiksesi
abessive
slushittasi
slusheittasi
instructive
comitative
—slusheinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
slushimme
slushimme
accusative
nom.
slushimme
slushimme
gen.
slushimme
genitive
slushimme
slushiemme
partitive
slushiamme
slushejamme
inessive
slushissamme
slusheissamme
elative
slushistamme
slusheistamme
illative
slushiimme
slusheihimme
adessive
slushillamme
slusheillamme
ablative
slushiltamme
slusheiltamme
allative
slushillemme
slusheillemme
essive
slushinamme
slusheinamme
translative
slushiksemme
slusheiksemme
abessive
slushittamme
slusheittamme
instructive
comitative
—slusheinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
slushinne
slushinne
accusative
nom.
slushinne
slushinne
gen.
slushinne
genitive
slushinne
slushienne
partitive
slushianne
slushejanne
inessive
slushissanne
slusheissanne
elative
slushistanne
slusheistanne
illative
slushiinne
slusheihinne
adessive
slushillanne
slusheillanne
ablative
slushiltanne
slusheiltanne
allative
slushillenne
slusheillenne
essive
slushinanne
slusheinanne
translative
slushiksenne
slusheiksenne
abessive
slushittanne
slusheittanne
instructive
comitative
—slusheinenne
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
slushinsa
slushinsa
accusative
nom.
slushinsa
slushinsa
gen.
slushinsa
genitive
slushinsa
slushiensa
partitive
slushiaan slushiansa
slushejaan slushejansa
inessive
slushissaan slushissansa
slusheissaan slusheissansa
elative
slushistaan slushistansa
slusheistaan slusheistansa
illative
slushiinsa
slusheihinsa
adessive
slushillaan slushillansa
slusheillaan slusheillansa
ablative
slushiltaan slushiltansa
slusheiltaan slusheiltansa
allative
slushilleen slushillensa
slusheilleen slusheillensa
essive
slushinaan slushinansa
slusheinaan slusheinansa
translative
slushikseen slushiksensa
slusheikseen slusheiksensa
abessive
slushittaan slushittansa
slusheittaan slusheittansa
instructive
comitative
—slusheineen slusheinensa :

#### Synonyms

* jäähilejuoma

## French
### Alternative forms

* sloche

### Etymology

Borrowed from English slush

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /slɔʃ/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ɔʃ

### Noun

slush f (uncountable)
* (CA) slush (half-melted snow or ice)
    Synonym: névasse
* (CA) slush (icy drink)