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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

SLIME, n. [L. limus.] Soft moist earth having an adhesive quality; viscous mud. The had brick for stone, and slime had they for mortar. Genesis 11.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

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"

Merriam Webster's

I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English sl?m; akin to Middle High German sl?m slime, Latin limus mud — more at lime Date: before 12th century 1. soft moist earth or clay; especially viscous mud 2. a viscous, glutinous, or gelatinous substance: as a. a mucous or mucoid secretion of various animals (as slugs and catfishes) b. a product of wet crushing consisting of ore ground so fine as to pass a 200-mesh screen 3. a repulsive or odious person II. verb (slimed; sliming) Date: 1628 transitive verb 1. to smear or cover with slime 2. to remove slime from (as fish for canning) intransitive verb to become slimy

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. & v. --n. thick slippery mud or a substance of similar consistency, e.g. liquid bitumen or a mucus exuded by fish etc. --v.tr. cover with slime. Phrases and idioms: slime mould a spore-bearing micro-organism secreting slime. Etymology: OE slim f. Gmc, rel. to L limus mud, Gk limne marsh

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Slime Slime, n. [OE. slim, AS. sl[=i]m; akin to D. slijm, G. schleim, MHG. sl[=i]men to make smooth, Icel. sl[=i]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. As it [Nilus] ebbs, the seedsman Upon the slime and ooze scatters his grain. --Shak. 2. Any mucilaginous substance; any substance of a dirty nature, that is moist, soft, and adhesive. 3. (Script.) Bitumen. [Archaic] Slime had they for mortar. --Gen. xi. 3.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Slime Slime, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Slimed; p. pr. & vb. n. Sliming.] To smear with slime. --Tennyson.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

Slime is a thick, wet substance which covers a surface or comes from the bodies of animals such as snails. There was an unappealing film of slime on top of the pond.

Easton's Bible Dictionary

(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.)

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. Mud, ooze, mire.

Moby Thesaurus

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