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[ slahym ] / slaɪm / SEE SYNONYMS FOR slime ON THESAURUS.COM
nounthin, glutinous mud. any ropy or viscous liquid matter, especially of a foul kind. a viscous secretion of animal or vegetable origin. Also called slime·ball [slahym-bawl]. /ˈslaɪmˌbɔl/. Slang. a repulsive or despicable person. verb (used with object), slimed, slim·ing.to cover or smear with or as if with slime. to remove slime from, as fish for canning. Origin of slimebefore 1000; Middle English slyme,Old English slīm; cognate with Dutch slijm,German Schleim,Old Norse slīm Words nearby slimeSligo, slily, slim, slim disease, slim down, slime, slime bacteria, slimeball, slime mold, slime mould, slimline Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for slimeIt was fun to see what sort of magnets they were going to use or how much slime was going to be on it. Inside ‘Save Yourselves!’—a socially distant comedy for our times|radmarya|October 1, 2020|Fortune That suggests that light from the slime may help trigger the production of more light. This tube worm’s glowing slime may help sustain its own shine|Carolyn Wilke|June 5, 2020|Science News For Students Because the movement of the giant vessel was so slow, the only way to mark the rotation was by watching the slime line rise. The Raising of the Concordia|Barbie Latza Nadeau|September 17, 2013|DAILY BEAST The Consumerist declared that a “new circle in hell” had opened for these “slime.” 12-12-12 Concert Ticket Scalpers: The Hurricane Sandy Benefit Spoilers|Winston Ross|December 13, 2012|DAILY BEAST
A GOP professional laments the “slime and dirt and muck attached not only to the two candidates but also to the party itself.” Romney and Gingrich Set the GOP on a Path Toward Self-Destruction|John Batchelor|January 30, 2012|DAILY BEAST As Rick Perry and Mitt Romney slime each other, the former pizza magnate is delivering on style and substance. Behind the Herman Cain Surge|Michael Medved|October 4, 2011|DAILY BEAST If there had been a moment of Sex evolution, it had now retreated back into the slime. Can a Straight Man Love Sex and the City?|Michael Patrick King|May 23, 2010|DAILY BEAST "Prize-lawful or prize-lawless" it is ever a flower, even though it grow, like the love of the hero of Turf and Towers, in slime. Browning as a Philosophical and Religious Teacher|Henry Jones "General Janvier" is doing his worst, but our men are sticking it out through slush and slime. Mr. Punch's History of the Great War|Punch The impurities fall to the bottom of the vessel in the form of "slime," which is periodically removed. Marvels of Scientific Invention|Thomas W. Corbin He drank again, and shuddered with a depraved sense of pleasure at the after-taste of slime in the water. An Outcast of the Islands|Joseph Conrad Shambling grotesquely, but picking his way above the slime as delicately as a cat, he kept on for perhaps a hundred yards. Neighbors Unknown|Charles G. D. Roberts
British Dictionary definitions for slime
nounsoft 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 verb (tr)to cover with slime to remove slime from (fish) before canning Word Origin for slimeOld English slīm; related to Old Norse slīm, Old High German slīmen to smooth, Russian slimák snail, Latin līmax snail Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to slimesludge, mud, goo, gunk, mucus, mire, scum, ooze, fungus, glop Scientific definitions for slime
A slippery or sticky mucous substance secreted by certain animals, such as slugs or snails. The American Heritage® Science Dictionary Copyright © 2011. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved. |