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slimes

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noun

Say it like: Sli-mes

The correct spelling is slimes. 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, obt…

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Meanings

noun

  1. 1.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.
  2. 2.Any mucilaginous substance; or a mucus-like substance which exudes from the bodies of certain animals, such as snails or slugs.
  3. 3.A sneaky, unethical person; a slimeball.
  4. 4.A monster having the form of a slimy blob.
  5. 5.Human flesh, seen disparagingly; mere human form.

verb

  1. 1.To coat with slime.
  2. 2.To besmirch or disparage.
  3. 3.To carve (fish), removing the offal.

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