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SLUSH
slush
(noun) partially melted snow
slosh, slush, slosh around, slush around
(verb) spill or splash copiously or clumsily; “slosh paint all over the walls”
splash, splosh, slosh, slush
(verb) make a splashing sound; “water was splashing on the floor”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
slush (usually uncountable, plural slushes)
Half-melted snow or ice.
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
Verb
slush (third-person singular simple present slushes, present participle slushing, simple past and past participle slushed)
To smear with slushy liquid or grease.
To slosh or splash; to move as, or through, a slushy or liquid substance.
To paint with a mixture of white lead and lime.
Anagrams
• shuls
Source: Wiktionary
Slush, n. Etym: [Cf. Sw. slaska to paddle in water, slask wet, filth.] [Written also slosh.]
1. Soft mud.
2. A mixture of snow and water; half-melted snow.
3. A soft mixture of grease and other materials, used for lubrication.
4. The refuse grease and fat collected in cooking, especially on shipboard.
5. (Mach.)
Definition: A mixture of white lead and lime, with which the bright parts of machines, such as the connecting rods of steamboats, are painted to be preserved from oxidation.
Slush, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Slushed; p. pr. & vb. n. Slushing.]
1. To smear with slush or grease; as, to slush a mast.
2. To paint with a mixture of white lead and lime.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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INTUITIVELY
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