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- Dictionaryslime/slʌɪm/
noun
- 1. an unpleasantly thick and slippery liquid substance: "the cold stone was wet with slime"
verb
- 1. cover with slime: "what grass remained was slimed over with pale brown mud"
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SLIME definition: 1. a sticky liquid substance that is unpleasant to touch, such as the liquid produced by fish and…. Learn more.
The meaning of SLIME is soft moist earth or clay; especially : viscous mud. How to use slime in a sentence.
noun. soft thin runny mud or filth. any moist viscous fluid, esp when noxious or unpleasant. a mucous substance produced by various organisms, such as fish, slugs, and fungi.
a sticky liquid substance that is unpleasant to touch, such as the liquid produced by fish and snails, or the greenish-brown substance found near water: There was revolting green slime in between the bathroom tiles. You could see trails of slime where the slugs had crossed the path. Synonyms. goo informal.
Slime is a substance that's slippery, damp, and gooey, like the slime that grows on the bottom on a swimming pool if it's not cleaned often enough. People are generally disgusted by slime, so if your dinner guest comments that your famous spinach soufflé looks like slime, you'll probably feel insulted.
1. A thick, sticky, slippery substance. 2. Biology A mucous substance secreted by certain animals, such as catfishes and slugs. 3. Soft moist earth; mud. 4. A slurry containing very fine particulate matter. 5. Vile or disgusting matter. 6. Slang A despicable or repulsive person. tr.v. slimed, slim·ing, slimes. 1. To smear with slime. 2.
noun. 1. soft thin runny mud or filth. 2. any moist viscous fluid, esp when noxious or unpleasant. 3. a mucous substance produced by various organisms, such as fish, slugs, and fungi. verb (transitive) 4. to cover with slime. 5. to remove slime from (fish) before canning. Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers. Word origin
SLIME definition: a thick, sticky liquid that is unpleasant to touch. Learn more.
Definition of slime noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Noun. Verb. Filter. noun. slimes. A thick, sticky, slippery substance. American Heritage Medicine. Any soft, moist, slippery, sometimes sticky matter, as soft mud, the mucous coating on fish, etc.; specif., moist or sticky matter considered filthy or disgusting. Webster's New World. Similar definitions.
