slime

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[edit] English

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[edit] Noun

Singular
slime

Plural
slimes

slime (plural slimes)

  1. Soft, moist earth or clay, having an adhesive quality; viscous mud; any substance of a dirty nature, that is moist, soft, and adhesive; bitumen; mud containing metallic ore, obtained in the preparatory dressing.
  2. Any mucilaginous substance; or a mucus-like substance which exudes from the bodies of certain animals, such as snails or slugs.

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  • (any substance of a dirty nature): sludge

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[edit] Verb

Infinitive
to slime

Third person singular
slimes

Simple past
slimed

Past participle
slimed

Present participle
sliming

to slime (third-person singular simple present slimes, present participle sliming, simple past and past participle slimed)

  1. (transitive) To coat with slime.
  2. (transitive, figuratively) To besmirch or disparage.

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