slush

«slush» in Mova's school dictionary: snow that has partly melted and turned into wet, dirty… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

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

meaning for a pupil

1) Slush is snow that has partly melted and turned into wet, dirty, half-frozen mush on the ground. tree →

2) A slush or slushie is a drink of flavoured crushed ice. tree →

3) (informal) Slush can also mean silly, over-sweet, soppy talk or writing about love. tree →

sense 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 →
• The bus splashed slush all over my coat. tree →
• Walk carefully — the slush is slippery. tree →
• I had a blue raspberry slush at the cinema. tree →
• The film was full of romantic slush. tree →
• Melting snow becomes slush before it becomes water. tree →
• Our boots got soaked in the slush. tree →

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.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «slush» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.