Slime Definition
slīm
slimed, slimes, sliming
noun
slimes
A thick, sticky, slippery substance.
American Heritage Medicine
Any soft, moist, slippery, sometimes sticky matter, as soft mud, the mucous coating on fish, etc.; specif., moist or sticky matter considered filthy or disgusting.
Webster's New World
A mucous substance secreted by certain animals, such as catfishes and slugs.
American Heritage Medicine
A slurry containing very fine particulate matter.
American Heritage
Vile or disgusting matter.
American Heritage
verb
slimes
To become slimy.
Webster's New World
To cover with slime.
Webster's New World
To clean slime from.
Webster's New World
To vilify or malign (someone), especially publicly.
American Heritage
Origin of Slime
From Old English slÄ«m, from Proto-Germanic. Cognates include Dutch slijm, German Schleim (“mucus, slime"), also see Latin limus (“mud"), Ancient Greek λίμνη (límnÄ“, “marsh").
From Wiktionary
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Middle English from Old English slīm lei- in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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