slime
Soft, moist earth or clay, having an adhesive qualitySoft, 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.
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» Green slime oozed out the pipe.
Grüner Schleim glibberte aus der Leitung. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
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9 senses(countable, uncountable)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.
жи́жаžíža, ме́сивоmésivo, шламšlam
(countable, uncountable)Any mucilaginous substance; or a mucus-like substance which exudes from the bodies of certain animals, such as snails or slugs.
Schleim
слизьslizʹ, шламšlam, илil
слизslyz, шламšlam, мулmul
(countable, uncountable)Synonym of flubber (“kind of rubbery polymer”).
(countable, derogatory, informal, uncountable)A sneaky, unethical person; a slimeball.
(countable, uncountable)A monster having the form of a slimy blob.
(countable, slang, uncountable)A friend; a homie.
(countable, slang, uncountable, vulgar)Semen.
(countable, figuratively, obsolete, uncountable)Human flesh, seen disparagingly; mere human form.
(countable, obsolete, uncountable)Jew’s slime (bitumen).
- any thick, viscous matter
Examples
19 sentencesGreen slime oozed out the pipe.
deGrüner Schleim glibberte aus der Leitung. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
The pond was covered in green slime.
deDer Teich war von grünem Schleim überzogen. — Yorwba
There was green slime oozing out of the pipe.
deAus dem Rohr sickerte grüner Schleim. — Manfredo
Slime was oozing out of the pipe.
ruИз трубы вытекала слизь. — Wezel
The slime was black and stinky.
ruТина была черноватой и вонючей. — odexed
deDer Schleim war schwarz und stinkend. — Yorwba
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English slime, slyme, slim, slym, from Old English slīm, from Proto-West GermaFrom Middle English slime, slyme, slim, slym, from Old English slīm, from Proto-West Germanic *slīm, from Proto-Germanic *slīmą, from Proto-Indo-European *sley- (“smooth; slick; sticky; slimy”). Cognates include Saterland Frisian Sliem, Dutch slijm, German Schleim (“mucus, slime”), Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, and Norwegian Nynorsk slim, Swedish slem, Faroese and Icelandic slím (“slime”), Latin limus (“mud”), Ancient Greek λίμνη (límnē, “marsh”).
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Forms
plural: slimesSynonyms
8 synonymsWord family
26 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
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