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Slime

Slime Meaning & Definition
Slime Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Slime?

[n] any thick messy substance
[v] cover or stain with slime; "The snake slimed his victim"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Slime: goo | gook | guck | gunk | muck | ooze | sludge

Related Terms | Find terms related to Slime:

See Also | begrime | bemire | colly | dirty | grime | matter | sapropel | soil | substance

Slime In Webster's Dictionary

\Slime\, n. [OE. slim, AS. sl[=i]m; akin to D. slijm, G. schleim, MHG. sl[=i]men to make smooth, Icel. sl[=i]m slime, Dan. sliim; cf. L. limare to file, polish, levis smooth, Gr. ???; or cf. L. limus mud.] 1. Soft, moist earth or clay, having an adhesive quality; viscous mud. As it [Nilus] ebbs, the seedsman Upon the slime and ooze scatters his grain. --Shak. 2. Any mucilaginous substance; any substance of a dirty nature, that is moist, soft, and adhesive. 3. (Script.) Bitumen. [Archaic] Slime had they for mortar. --Gen. xi. 3. 4. pl. (Mining) Mud containing metallic ore, obtained in the preparatory dressing. --Pryce. 5. (Physiol.) A mucuslike substance which exudes from the bodies of certain animals. --Goldsmith. {Slime eel}. (Zo["o]l.) See 1st {Hag}, 4. {Slime pit}, a pit for the collection of slime or bitumen.
\Slime\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Slimed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Sliming}.] To smear with slime. --Tennyson.

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