slime Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun any thick, viscous matter
    goo; gunk; guck; gook; muck; ooze; goop; sludge.
  2. verb cover or stain with slime
    • The snake slimed his victim

WordNet

Slime noun
Etymology
OE. slim, AS. slim; akin to D. slijm, G. schleim, MHG. slimen to make smooth, Icel. slim slime, Dan. sliim; cf. L. limare to file, polish, levis smooth, Gr. or cf. L. limus mud.
Definitions
  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.
  4. pl. (Mining) Mud containing metallic ore, obtained in the preparatory dressing. Pryce.
  5. (Physiol.) A mucuslike substance which exudes from the bodies of certain animals. Goldsmith.
Slime transitive verb
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Slimed ; present participle & verbal noun Sliming
Definitions
  1. To smear with slime. Tennyson.

Webster 1913