Slime
[slaɪm]
Definition
(verb.) cover or stain with slime; 'The snake slimed his victim'.
Edited by Hilda--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) Soft, moist earth or clay, having an adhesive quality; viscous mud.
(n.) Any mucilaginous substance; any substance of a dirty nature, that is moist, soft, and adhesive.
(n.) Bitumen.
(n.) Mud containing metallic ore, obtained in the preparatory dressing.
(n.) A mucuslike substance which exudes from the bodies of certain animals.
(v. t.) To smear with slime.
Editor: Rosalie
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Mud, ooze, mire.
Inputed by Bruno
Definition
n. glutinous mud: (B.) probably bitumen.—n. Slime′-pit a pit of slime or viscous mire.—adv. Slīm′ily.—n. Slīm′iness.—adj. Slīm′y abounding with or consisting of slime: glutinous.
Edited by Amber
Examples
- To that had life progressed 3000 or 4000 years ago from its starting-place in the slime of the tidal beaches. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- In my fancy, I saw the boat with its convict crew waiting for them at the slime-washed stairs,--again heard the gruff Give way, you! Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
Typist: Rosa