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Slime \Slime\ (sl[imac]m), n. [OE. slim, AS. sl[imac]m; akin to
D. slijm, G. schleim, MHG. sl[imac]men to make smooth, Icel.
sl[imac]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.
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As it [Nilus] ebbs, the seedsman
Upon the slime and ooze scatters his grain. --Shak.
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2. Any mucilaginous substance; any substance of a dirty
nature, that is moist, soft, and adhesive.
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3. (Script.) Bitumen. [Archaic]
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Slime had they for mortar. --Gen. xi. 3.
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4. pl. (Mining) Mud containing metallic ore, obtained in the
preparatory dressing. --Pryce.
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5. (Physiol.) A mucuslike substance which exudes from the
bodies of certain animals. --Goldsmith.
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Slime eel. (Zool.) See 1st Hag, 4.

Slime pit, a pit for the collection of slime or bitumen.
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Slime \Slime\ (sl[imac]m), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Slimed
(sl[imac]md); p. pr. & vb. n. Sliming.]
To smear with slime. --Tennyson.
[1913 Webster] slime mold
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slime
n 1: any thick, viscous matter [syn: sludge, slime, goo,
goop, gook, guck, gunk, muck, ooze]
v 1: cover or stain with slime; "The snake slimed his victim"
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Slime
(Gen. 11:3; LXX., "asphalt;" R.V. marg., "bitumen"). The vale of
Siddim was full of slime pits (14:10). Jochebed daubed the "ark
of bulrushes" with slime (Ex. 2:3). (See PITCH.)

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slime [slaim]
Schlamm; Schleim

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Schlamm m
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41 Moby Thesaurus words for "slime":
carrion, clay, corruption, dandruff, decay, excrement, filth,
foul matter, furfur, gangrene, glop, gumbo, gunk, mess, mire, muck,
mucus, mud, obscenity, ooze, ordure, pus, putrid matter, rot, scum,
scurf, scuz, slab, slip, slob, slop, slosh, sludge, slum, slush,
smut, snot, sordes, splosh, squash, swill



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