About The Word Slime
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Slime
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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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