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to slime

to slime

13 6.5
To cover something with a thick slippery substance
  • verb
  • /slaɪm/
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  • Yeah, don't let them slime you.
  • get slimed
  • slimed her way

Examples

  • He accidentally slimed his clothes while trying to fix the old, leaky pipe.

  • I've been slimed!

  • Oh hey, he slimed me.

  • I got slimed.

  • The two-year-old toddles to Terminator and grabs his pants, sliming them with drool.

    Fiction book (1991)
  • The children had a blast as they slimed each other with green goo during the messy science experiment.

  • The dog slimed the carpet after playing outside in the rain and rolling in mud.

Synonyms

to smear
vsto slime
63 3.7

To spread a substance over a surface in a messy way

is about slippery viscous coating rather than untidy marking
to slather
vsto slime
  • Informal
15 6.9

Spread a thick layer of a wet thing like sauce or sunscreen on a surface

involves thick liberal spreading rather than a thin slippery coating
to muddy
vsto slime
5 1.9

Make something dirty with mud or sediment

is about slippery viscous staining rather than general muddying or confusion
to mire
vsto slime
1 7.9

To make something dirty by covering it with mud

focuses on slippery viscous residue rather than ordinary mud or dirt
to grime
vsto slime
1 6.6

To make something dirty by covering it with dirt or soot

is more about a slick viscous layer than general dirt accumulation
to besmear
vsto slime
9.9

To cover something with a sticky or greasy substance

focuses on slippery viscous coating rather than greasy staining
to gung
vsto slime
  • UK
9.9

To make something dirty with a sticky or greasy substance

means a slippery viscous film rather than clogging dirt
to daube
vsto slime
9.9

To smear something roughly with paint, plaster, or another soft wet material

is a slippery smooth layer rather than a rough coat

Antonyms

1.0

Free from dirt or harmful things

30 4.6

To remove dirt and bad chemicals from water or air to make them clean

Compounds

slime mold
  • Specialized
2 7.1

A simple living thing that forms a soft moving blob to find food

pink slime
  • Literature
1 8.0

A meat filler made from small pieces of beef mixed into ground beef

cellular slime mold
  • Specialized
8.5

A slime mold that keeps its cells separate during its life cycle and does not form a single mass

acellular slime mold
  • Specialized
9.9

One large soft mass of living material that moves and is not divided into separate cells

9.9

A slime mold that grows on decaying plants and wood

9.6

False news on websites made to look real to attract readers

plasmodial slime mold
  • Specialized
9.9

A soft organism that becomes one large cell with many nuclei and moves slowly

plasmodial slime mold
  • Specialized
9.1

An algorithm inspired by the slime mold that finds efficient routes in networks

true slime mold
  • Specialized
9.6

A soft mass of many cells that moves like an amoeba and feeds on decaying plants

9.9

A sea animal like an eel without jaws that makes lots of slime and eats dead fish

A mushroom with a sticky, shiny cap that can be poisonous

4.9

A pit filled with thick sticky slime used for messy games

slime tutorial
  • Texting
4.3

A video or online guide that shows how to make slime

slime bacteria
  • Specialized
7.9

Tiny living things that form slimy colonies in damp soil or rotting plants

white slime mushroom
  • Specialized
9.9

A white, soft growth that lives on dead wood and decaying plants in damp places

How Slimy

to slime
13 6.5
to smother
20 4.2
to smear
63 3.7
to moisten
7 3.0

Surface Forms

slime infinitive
slimed past
slimed past participle
sliming present participle
slimes third person singular

Etymology

Slime as a verb comes from the same old word slīm, meaning 'sticky wet stuff', so to slime someone or something is to cover it with that slippery goo and make it dirty or slippery.