"slime" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /slaɪm/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-slime.wav [Southern-England] Forms: slimes [plural]
enPR: slīm Rhymes: -aɪm Etymology: From Middle English slime, slyme, slim, slym, from Old English slīm, from Proto-Germanic *slīmą, from Proto-Indo-European *sley- (“smooth; slick; sticky; slimy”). Cognates include Danish slim, Saterland Frisian Sliem, Dutch slijm, German Schleim (“mucus, slime”), Latin limus (“mud”), Ancient Greek λίμνη (límnē, “marsh”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|slime}} Middle English slime, {{m|enm|slyme}} slyme, {{m|enm|slim}} slim, {{m|enm|slym}} slym, {{inh|en|ang|slīm}} Old English slīm, {{inh|en|gem-pro|*slīmą}} Proto-Germanic *slīmą, {{der|en|ine-pro|*sley-||smooth; slick; sticky; slimy}} Proto-Indo-European *sley- (“smooth; slick; sticky; slimy”), {{cog|da|slim}} Danish slim, {{cog|stq|Sliem}} Saterland Frisian Sliem, {{cog|nl|slijm}} Dutch slijm, {{cog|de|Schleim|t=mucus, slime}} German Schleim (“mucus, slime”), {{cog|la|limus|t=mud}} Latin limus (“mud”), {{cog|grc|λίμνη|t=marsh}} Ancient Greek λίμνη (límnē, “marsh”) Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} slime (countable and uncountable, plural slimes)
  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. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (mud): ἰλύς (ilús) [feminine] (Ancient Greek), ти́ня (tínja) [feminine] (Bulgarian), ле́пкава кал (lépkava kal) [feminine] (Bulgarian), llim [masculine] (Catalan), llot [masculine] (Catalan), ŝlimo (Esperanto), lieju (Finnish), slime [masculine] (French), lama [feminine] (Galician), verdoia [feminine] (Galician), borba [feminine] (Galician), untullo [masculine] (Galician), vasa [feminine] (Galician), label [masculine] (Galician), verdello [masculine] (Galician), limo [masculine] (Galician), ტალახი (ṭalaxi) (Georgian), iszap (Hungarian), melma [feminine] (Italian), fanghiglia [feminine] (Italian), ヘドロ (hedoro) (Japanese), līmus [masculine] (Latin), slim [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), slim [neuter] (Norwegian Nynorsk), muł [masculine] (Polish), szlam [masculine] (Polish), limo [masculine] (Portuguese), жи́жа (žíža) [feminine] (Russian), ме́сиво (mésivo) [neuter] (Russian), шлам (šlam) [masculine] (Russian), ил (il) [masculine] (Russian), lippu [masculine] (Sicilian), fangu [masculine] (Sicilian), limo [masculine] (Spanish), cieno [masculine] (Spanish), lama [feminine] (Spanish), légamo [masculine] (Spanish), slam (Swedish), alabwab (Tagalog), เลน (leen) (Thai), โคลน (kloon) (Thai), glimon [masculine] (Walloon)
    Sense id: en-slime-en-noun-uaWKMXuk Disambiguation of 'mud': 100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  2. Any mucilaginous substance; or a mucus-like substance which exudes from the bodies of certain animals, such as snails or slugs. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (mucilaginous substance or mucus-like substance): qiqix̂ (Aleut), γλίνη (glínē) [feminine] (Ancient Greek), বিজল (bizol) (Assamese), elder (Basque), слізь (slizʹ) [feminine] (Belarusian), шлам (šlam) [masculine] (Belarusian), слуз (sluz) [feminine] (Bulgarian), bava [feminine] (Catalan), 淤泥 (yūní) (Chinese Mandarin), sliz [masculine] (Czech), slim [common-gender, neuter] (Danish), slijm [neuter] (Dutch), muko (Esperanto), bavo (Esperanto), lima (Estonian), lima (Finnish), glaire [feminine] (French), garro [masculine] (Galician), goldro [masculine] (Galician), mormo [masculine] (Galician), baba [feminine] (Galician), limo [masculine] (Galician), ლორწო (lorc̣o) (Georgian), Schleim [masculine] (German), nyálka (Hungarian), slím [neuter] (Icelandic), slamo (Ido), poltiglia [feminine] (Italian), スライム (suraimu) (Japanese), ぬめり (numeri) (Japanese), 滑り (numeri) (alt: ぬめり) (Japanese), រំអិល (rumʼəl) (Khmer), vīrus [neuter] (Latin), gļotas [feminine, plural] (Latvian), gleivės [feminine, plural] (Lithuanian), Sliem [masculine] (Low German), слуз (sluz) [feminine] (Macedonian), hūwareware (Maori), салс (sals) [Cyrillic] (Mongolian), илъ (ilŭ) [masculine] (Old East Slavic), ⁧لجن⁩ (lajan) (Persian), Schliem [masculine] (Plautdietsch), śluz [masculine] (Polish), gosma [feminine] (Portuguese), lodo [masculine] (Portuguese), geleca [feminine] (Portuguese), mucus [neuter] (Romanian), слизь (slizʹ) [feminine] (Russian), шлам (šlam) [masculine] (Russian), ил (il) [masculine] (Russian), clàbar [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), слу̑з [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), slȗz [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), muccu [masculine] (Sicilian), vava [feminine] (Sicilian), sliz [masculine] (Slovak), sluz [feminine] (Slovene), baba [feminine] (Spanish), moco [masculine] (Spanish), slem (Swedish), banlik (Tagalog), เมือก (mʉ̂ʉak) (Thai), เลน (leen) (Thai), โคลน (kloon) (Thai), слиз (slyz) [masculine] (Ukrainian), шлам (šlam) [masculine] (Ukrainian), мул (mul) [masculine] (Ukrainian), глей (hlej) [masculine] (Ukrainian), nhớt (Vietnamese), glaire [feminine] (Walloon), llysnafedd [masculine] (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-slime-en-noun-OCCOd5e5 Disambiguation of 'mucilaginous substance or mucus-like substance': 26 62 2 1 2 2 2 3
  3. Synonym of flubber (“kind of rubbery polymer”) Tags: countable, uncountable Synonyms: flubber [synonym, synonym-of] Hyponyms: butter slime, cloud slime
    Sense id: en-slime-en-noun-J73N3nSD
  4. (informal, derogatory) A sneaky, unethical person; a slimeball. Tags: countable, derogatory, informal, uncountable
    Sense id: en-slime-en-noun-yC4F5z6s
  5. (fantasy, video games) A monster having the form of a slimy blob. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Fantasy, Video games
    Sense id: en-slime-en-noun-3Jyj1pja Topics: fantasy, video-games
  6. (figuratively, obsolete) Human flesh, seen disparagingly; mere human form. Tags: countable, figuratively, obsolete, uncountable
    Sense id: en-slime-en-noun-feGebGaq
  7. (obsolete) Jew’s slime (bitumen). Tags: countable, obsolete, uncountable
    Sense id: en-slime-en-noun-F~Kd9E5K
  8. (African-American Vernacular, MTE, slang) A friend; a homie. Tags: countable, slang, uncountable
    Sense id: en-slime-en-noun-yWC4Jk-k Categories (other): African-American Vernacular English, Multicultural Toronto English
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms (any substance of a dirty nature): sludge

Verb

IPA: /slaɪm/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-slime.wav [Southern-England] Forms: slimes [present, singular, third-person], sliming [participle, present], slimed [participle, past], slimed [past]
enPR: slīm Rhymes: -aɪm Etymology: From Middle English slime, slyme, slim, slym, from Old English slīm, from Proto-Germanic *slīmą, from Proto-Indo-European *sley- (“smooth; slick; sticky; slimy”). Cognates include Danish slim, Saterland Frisian Sliem, Dutch slijm, German Schleim (“mucus, slime”), Latin limus (“mud”), Ancient Greek λίμνη (límnē, “marsh”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|slime}} Middle English slime, {{m|enm|slyme}} slyme, {{m|enm|slim}} slim, {{m|enm|slym}} slym, {{inh|en|ang|slīm}} Old English slīm, {{inh|en|gem-pro|*slīmą}} Proto-Germanic *slīmą, {{der|en|ine-pro|*sley-||smooth; slick; sticky; slimy}} Proto-Indo-European *sley- (“smooth; slick; sticky; slimy”), {{cog|da|slim}} Danish slim, {{cog|stq|Sliem}} Saterland Frisian Sliem, {{cog|nl|slijm}} Dutch slijm, {{cog|de|Schleim|t=mucus, slime}} German Schleim (“mucus, slime”), {{cog|la|limus|t=mud}} Latin limus (“mud”), {{cog|grc|λίμνη|t=marsh}} Ancient Greek λίμνη (límnē, “marsh”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} slime (third-person singular simple present slimes, present participle sliming, simple past and past participle slimed)
  1. (transitive) To coat with slime. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-slime-en-verb-gHhvBhC6
  2. (transitive, figuratively) To besmirch or disparage. Tags: figuratively, transitive
    Sense id: en-slime-en-verb-uVrZPYz4
  3. To carve (fish), removing the offal.
    Sense id: en-slime-en-verb-s4jJPv41
  4. (intransitive, often figurative) To move like slime, like slimy things or like a slimy person. Tags: figuratively, intransitive, often
    Sense id: en-slime-en-verb-zrZw1kuf

Inflected forms

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      "word": "anode slime"
    },
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      "word": "antislime"
    },
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      "word": "beslime"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "butter slime"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "cloud slime"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "dog vomit slime mold"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "pink slime"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "pink-slime journalism"
    },
    {
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      "word": "scrambled egg slime mold"
    },
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      "word": "slime bacteria"
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      "word": "slime eel"
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      "word": "slime flux"
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      "word": "slimeless"
    },
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      "word": "slimelike"
    },
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      "word": "slime lily"
    },
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      "word": "slime sponge"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "slime tutorial"
    },
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      "expansion": "Danish slim",
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        "1": "stq",
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        "2": "slijm"
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      },
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      ],
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        [
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          "bitumen"
        ],
        [
          "ore",
          "ore"
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          "dressing"
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          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "tínja",
          "sense": "mud",
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          "roman": "lépkava kal",
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          "tags": [
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          "code": "ca",
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          "code": "ca",
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          "tags": [
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          "word": "llot"
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          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "mud",
          "word": "ŝlimo"
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          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "mud",
          "word": "lieju"
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          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "mud",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "slime"
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          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "mud",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "lama"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "mud",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "verdoia"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "mud",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "borba"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "mud",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "untullo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "mud",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "vasa"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "mud",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "label"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "mud",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "verdello"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "mud",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "limo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "ṭalaxi",
          "sense": "mud",
          "word": "ტალახი"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "grc",
          "lang": "Ancient Greek",
          "roman": "ilús",
          "sense": "mud",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "ἰλύς"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "mud",
          "word": "iszap"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "mud",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "melma"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "mud",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "fanghiglia"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "hedoro",
          "sense": "mud",
          "word": "ヘドロ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "mud",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "līmus"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "mud",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "slim"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "nn",
          "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
          "sense": "mud",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "slim"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "mud",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "muł"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "mud",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "szlam"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "mud",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "limo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "žíža",
          "sense": "mud",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "жи́жа"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "mésivo",
          "sense": "mud",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "ме́сиво"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "šlam",
          "sense": "mud",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "шлам"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "il",
          "sense": "mud",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "ил"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "scn",
          "lang": "Sicilian",
          "sense": "mud",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "lippu"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "scn",
          "lang": "Sicilian",
          "sense": "mud",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "fangu"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "mud",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "limo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "mud",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "cieno"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "mud",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "lama"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "mud",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "légamo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "mud",
          "word": "slam"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "tl",
          "lang": "Tagalog",
          "sense": "mud",
          "word": "alabwab"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
          "roman": "leen",
          "sense": "mud",
          "word": "เลน"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
          "roman": "kloon",
          "sense": "mud",
          "word": "โคลน"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "wa",
          "lang": "Walloon",
          "sense": "mud",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "glimon"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1680, T. K., The Kitchin-Phyſician; Or, a Guide for Good-Housewives in Maintaining Their Families in Health. […], How to cleanſe the Teeth, and keep them ſound, page 44",
          "text": "You ſhould rub your Teeth and whole Mouth and Gums, the Pallate and Tongue, with a clean courſe cloth, rubbing off the ſlime which groweth upon them in the night.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Any mucilaginous substance; or a mucus-like substance which exudes from the bodies of certain animals, such as snails or slugs."
      ],
      "id": "en-slime-en-noun-OCCOd5e5",
      "links": [
        [
          "mucilaginous",
          "mucilaginous"
        ],
        [
          "mucus",
          "mucus"
        ],
        [
          "exude",
          "exude"
        ],
        [
          "snail",
          "snail"
        ],
        [
          "slug",
          "slug"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "26 62 2 1 2 2 2 3",
          "code": "ale",
          "lang": "Aleut",
          "sense": "mucilaginous substance or mucus-like substance",
          "word": "qiqix̂"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "26 62 2 1 2 2 2 3",
          "code": "as",
          "lang": "Assamese",
          "roman": "bizol",
          "sense": "mucilaginous substance or mucus-like substance",
          "word": "বিজল"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "26 62 2 1 2 2 2 3",
          "code": "eu",
          "lang": "Basque",
          "sense": "mucilaginous substance or mucus-like substance",
          "word": "elder"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "26 62 2 1 2 2 2 3",
          "code": "be",
          "lang": "Belarusian",
          "roman": "slizʹ",
          "sense": "mucilaginous substance or mucus-like substance",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "слізь"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "26 62 2 1 2 2 2 3",
          "code": "be",
          "lang": "Belarusian",
          "roman": "šlam",
          "sense": "mucilaginous substance or mucus-like substance",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "шлам"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "26 62 2 1 2 2 2 3",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "sluz",
          "sense": "mucilaginous substance or mucus-like substance",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "слуз"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "26 62 2 1 2 2 2 3",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "mucilaginous substance or mucus-like substance",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "bava"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "26 62 2 1 2 2 2 3",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "yūní",
          "sense": "mucilaginous substance or mucus-like substance",
          "word": "淤泥"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "26 62 2 1 2 2 2 3",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "mucilaginous substance or mucus-like substance",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "sliz"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "26 62 2 1 2 2 2 3",
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "mucilaginous substance or mucus-like substance",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender",
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "slim"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "26 62 2 1 2 2 2 3",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "mucilaginous substance or mucus-like substance",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "slijm"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "26 62 2 1 2 2 2 3",
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "mucilaginous substance or mucus-like substance",
          "word": "muko"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "26 62 2 1 2 2 2 3",
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "mucilaginous substance or mucus-like substance",
          "word": "bavo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "26 62 2 1 2 2 2 3",
          "code": "et",
          "lang": "Estonian",
          "sense": "mucilaginous substance or mucus-like substance",
          "word": "lima"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "26 62 2 1 2 2 2 3",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "mucilaginous substance or mucus-like substance",
          "word": "lima"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "26 62 2 1 2 2 2 3",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "mucilaginous substance or mucus-like substance",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "glaire"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "26 62 2 1 2 2 2 3",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "note": "bave f (for a mollusc ; lit. \"drool\")",
          "sense": "mucilaginous substance or mucus-like substance"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "26 62 2 1 2 2 2 3",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "mucilaginous substance or mucus-like substance",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "garro"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "26 62 2 1 2 2 2 3",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "mucilaginous substance or mucus-like substance",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "goldro"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "26 62 2 1 2 2 2 3",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "mucilaginous substance or mucus-like substance",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "mormo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "26 62 2 1 2 2 2 3",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "mucilaginous substance or mucus-like substance",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "baba"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "26 62 2 1 2 2 2 3",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "mucilaginous substance or mucus-like substance",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "limo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "26 62 2 1 2 2 2 3",
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "lorc̣o",
          "sense": "mucilaginous substance or mucus-like substance",
          "word": "ლორწო"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "26 62 2 1 2 2 2 3",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "mucilaginous substance or mucus-like substance",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Schleim"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "26 62 2 1 2 2 2 3",
          "code": "grc",
          "lang": "Ancient Greek",
          "roman": "glínē",
          "sense": "mucilaginous substance or mucus-like substance",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "γλίνη"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "26 62 2 1 2 2 2 3",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "mucilaginous substance or mucus-like substance",
          "word": "nyálka"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "26 62 2 1 2 2 2 3",
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "mucilaginous substance or mucus-like substance",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "slím"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "26 62 2 1 2 2 2 3",
          "code": "io",
          "lang": "Ido",
          "sense": "mucilaginous substance or mucus-like substance",
          "word": "slamo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "26 62 2 1 2 2 2 3",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "mucilaginous substance or mucus-like substance",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "poltiglia"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "26 62 2 1 2 2 2 3",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "suraimu",
          "sense": "mucilaginous substance or mucus-like substance",
          "word": "スライム"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "26 62 2 1 2 2 2 3",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "numeri",
          "sense": "mucilaginous substance or mucus-like substance",
          "word": "ぬめり"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "26 62 2 1 2 2 2 3",
          "alt": "ぬめり",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "numeri",
          "sense": "mucilaginous substance or mucus-like substance",
          "word": "滑り"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "26 62 2 1 2 2 2 3",
          "code": "km",
          "lang": "Khmer",
          "roman": "rumʼəl",
          "sense": "mucilaginous substance or mucus-like substance",
          "word": "រំអិល"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "26 62 2 1 2 2 2 3",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "mucilaginous substance or mucus-like substance",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "vīrus"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "26 62 2 1 2 2 2 3",
          "code": "lv",
          "lang": "Latvian",
          "sense": "mucilaginous substance or mucus-like substance",
          "tags": [
            "feminine",
            "plural"
          ],
          "word": "gļotas"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "26 62 2 1 2 2 2 3",
          "code": "lt",
          "lang": "Lithuanian",
          "sense": "mucilaginous substance or mucus-like substance",
          "tags": [
            "feminine",
            "plural"
          ],
          "word": "gleivės"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "26 62 2 1 2 2 2 3",
          "code": "nds",
          "lang": "Low German",
          "sense": "mucilaginous substance or mucus-like substance",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Sliem"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "26 62 2 1 2 2 2 3",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "sluz",
          "sense": "mucilaginous substance or mucus-like substance",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "слуз"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "26 62 2 1 2 2 2 3",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "mucilaginous substance or mucus-like substance",
          "word": "hūwareware"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "26 62 2 1 2 2 2 3",
          "code": "mn",
          "lang": "Mongolian",
          "roman": "sals",
          "sense": "mucilaginous substance or mucus-like substance",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic"
          ],
          "word": "салс"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "26 62 2 1 2 2 2 3",
          "code": "orv",
          "lang": "Old East Slavic",
          "roman": "ilŭ",
          "sense": "mucilaginous substance or mucus-like substance",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "илъ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "26 62 2 1 2 2 2 3",
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "lajan",
          "sense": "mucilaginous substance or mucus-like substance",
          "word": "⁧لجن⁩"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "26 62 2 1 2 2 2 3",
          "code": "pdt",
          "lang": "Plautdietsch",
          "sense": "mucilaginous substance or mucus-like substance",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Schliem"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "26 62 2 1 2 2 2 3",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "mucilaginous substance or mucus-like substance",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "śluz"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "26 62 2 1 2 2 2 3",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "mucilaginous substance or mucus-like substance",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "gosma"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "26 62 2 1 2 2 2 3",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "mucilaginous substance or mucus-like substance",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "lodo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "26 62 2 1 2 2 2 3",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "mucilaginous substance or mucus-like substance",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "geleca"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "26 62 2 1 2 2 2 3",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "mucilaginous substance or mucus-like substance",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "mucus"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "26 62 2 1 2 2 2 3",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "slizʹ",
          "sense": "mucilaginous substance or mucus-like substance",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "слизь"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "26 62 2 1 2 2 2 3",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "šlam",
          "sense": "mucilaginous substance or mucus-like substance",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "шлам"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "26 62 2 1 2 2 2 3",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "il",
          "sense": "mucilaginous substance or mucus-like substance",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "ил"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "26 62 2 1 2 2 2 3",
          "code": "gd",
          "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
          "sense": "mucilaginous substance or mucus-like substance",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "clàbar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "26 62 2 1 2 2 2 3",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "mucilaginous substance or mucus-like substance",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic",
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "слу̑з"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "26 62 2 1 2 2 2 3",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "mucilaginous substance or mucus-like substance",
          "tags": [
            "Roman",
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "slȗz"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "26 62 2 1 2 2 2 3",
          "code": "scn",
          "lang": "Sicilian",
          "sense": "mucilaginous substance or mucus-like substance",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "muccu"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "26 62 2 1 2 2 2 3",
          "code": "scn",
          "lang": "Sicilian",
          "sense": "mucilaginous substance or mucus-like substance",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "vava"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "26 62 2 1 2 2 2 3",
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "mucilaginous substance or mucus-like substance",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "sliz"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "26 62 2 1 2 2 2 3",
          "code": "sl",
          "lang": "Slovene",
          "sense": "mucilaginous substance or mucus-like substance",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "sluz"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "26 62 2 1 2 2 2 3",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "mucilaginous substance or mucus-like substance",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "baba"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "26 62 2 1 2 2 2 3",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "mucilaginous substance or mucus-like substance",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "moco"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "26 62 2 1 2 2 2 3",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "mucilaginous substance or mucus-like substance",
          "word": "slem"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "26 62 2 1 2 2 2 3",
          "code": "tl",
          "lang": "Tagalog",
          "sense": "mucilaginous substance or mucus-like substance",
          "word": "banlik"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "26 62 2 1 2 2 2 3",
          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
          "roman": "mʉ̂ʉak",
          "sense": "mucilaginous substance or mucus-like substance",
          "word": "เมือก"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "26 62 2 1 2 2 2 3",
          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
          "roman": "leen",
          "sense": "mucilaginous substance or mucus-like substance",
          "word": "เลน"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "26 62 2 1 2 2 2 3",
          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
          "roman": "kloon",
          "sense": "mucilaginous substance or mucus-like substance",
          "word": "โคลน"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "26 62 2 1 2 2 2 3",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "slyz",
          "sense": "mucilaginous substance or mucus-like substance",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "слиз"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "26 62 2 1 2 2 2 3",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "šlam",
          "sense": "mucilaginous substance or mucus-like substance",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "шлам"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "26 62 2 1 2 2 2 3",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "mul",
          "sense": "mucilaginous substance or mucus-like substance",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "мул"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "26 62 2 1 2 2 2 3",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "hlej",
          "sense": "mucilaginous substance or mucus-like substance",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "глей"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "26 62 2 1 2 2 2 3",
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "mucilaginous substance or mucus-like substance",
          "word": "nhớt"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "26 62 2 1 2 2 2 3",
          "code": "wa",
          "lang": "Walloon",
          "sense": "mucilaginous substance or mucus-like substance",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "glaire"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "26 62 2 1 2 2 2 3",
          "code": "cy",
          "lang": "Welsh",
          "sense": "mucilaginous substance or mucus-like substance",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "llysnafedd"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Synonym of flubber (“kind of rubbery polymer”)"
      ],
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        {
          "word": "butter slime"
        },
        {
          "word": "cloud slime"
        }
      ],
      "id": "en-slime-en-noun-J73N3nSD",
      "links": [
        [
          "flubber",
          "flubber#English"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "extra": "kind of rubbery polymer",
          "tags": [
            "synonym",
            "synonym-of"
          ],
          "word": "flubber"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
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        {
          "ref": "1980, Richard Louis Newmann, Siege of Orbitor, page xvii. 78",
          "text": "What about that, you slime?",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2005, G. E. Nordell, Backlot Requiem: A Rick Walker Mystery",
          "text": "If this guy knows who killed Robert, the right thing to do is to tell the police. If he doesn't know, really, then he's an opportunistic slime. It's still blackmail.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
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        "A sneaky, unethical person; a slimeball."
      ],
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        [
          "derogatory",
          "derogatory"
        ],
        [
          "slimeball",
          "slimeball"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(informal, derogatory) A sneaky, unethical person; a slimeball."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "derogatory",
        "informal",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    },
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        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
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          "orig": "en:Fantasy",
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            "Fiction",
            "Speculative fiction",
            "Artistic works",
            "Genres",
            "Art",
            "Entertainment",
            "Culture",
            "Society",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
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        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Video games",
          "orig": "en:Video games",
          "parents": [
            "Games",
            "Mass media",
            "Software",
            "Recreation",
            "Culture",
            "Media",
            "Computing",
            "Human activity",
            "Society",
            "Communication",
            "Technology",
            "Human behaviour",
            "All topics",
            "Human",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
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        {
          "ref": "2006, Lawrence Wright, Character Design for Mobile Devices, Gulf Professional Publishing, page 8",
          "text": "This is a nameless blue slime, drawn by Chris Hildenbrand, for a role playing game (RPG) that was never released.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
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        "A monster having the form of a slimy blob."
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        [
          "fantasy",
          "fantasy"
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        [
          "video game",
          "video game"
        ],
        [
          "monster",
          "monster"
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        [
          "slimy",
          "slimy"
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        "(fantasy, video games) A monster having the form of a slimy blob."
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      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "fantasy",
        "video-games"
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    },
    {
      "categories": [],
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        "Human flesh, seen disparagingly; mere human form."
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        [
          "flesh",
          "flesh"
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      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figuratively, obsolete) Human flesh, seen disparagingly; mere human form."
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        "countable",
        "figuratively",
        "obsolete",
        "uncountable"
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      "categories": [],
      "glosses": [
        "Jew’s slime (bitumen)."
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      "id": "en-slime-en-noun-F~Kd9E5K",
      "links": [
        [
          "Jew’s slime",
          "Jew's slime#English"
        ],
        [
          "bitumen",
          "bitumen#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(obsolete) Jew’s slime (bitumen)."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "obsolete",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    },
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      "categories": [
        {
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          "name": "African-American Vernacular English",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Multicultural Toronto English",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
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        "A friend; a homie."
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        [
          "friend",
          "friend"
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        [
          "homie",
          "homie"
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      "qualifier": "African-American Vernacular",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(African-American Vernacular, MTE, slang) A friend; a homie."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "slang",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    }
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    {
      "ipa": "/slaɪm/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-aɪm"
    },
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      "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-slime.wav",
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      "tags": [
        "Southern-England"
      ],
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      "enpr": "slīm"
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    {
      "_dis1": "50 40 1 2 1 2 2 1",
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}

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        "2": "enm",
        "3": "slime"
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      "expansion": "Middle English slime",
      "name": "inh"
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      },
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      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
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        "1": "en",
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        "3": "slīm"
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        "2": "gem-pro",
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      "name": "inh"
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      "args": {
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        "2": "slim"
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      "args": {
        "1": "stq",
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      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "slijm"
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      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
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      },
      "expansion": "German Schleim (“mucus, slime”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "limus",
        "t": "mud"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin limus (“mud”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "λίμνη",
        "t": "marsh"
      },
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      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
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    },
    {
      "form": "sliming",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "slimed",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "slimed",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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    {
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        "To coat with slime."
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        [
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          "coat"
        ]
      ],
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        "(transitive) To coat with slime."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
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        "To besmirch or disparage."
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        [
          "besmirch",
          "besmirch"
        ],
        [
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          "disparage"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, figuratively) To besmirch or disparage."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively",
        "transitive"
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        {
          "ref": "1999, Dana Stabenow, So Sure of Death, page 20",
          "text": "If so, this job was better than sliming salmon any day.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2013, William B. McCloskey, Raiders: A Novel",
          "text": "You and me bunked in that dorm on the hill, remember? And slimed fish under that tin roof down there.",
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        }
      ],
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        "To carve (fish), removing the offal."
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          "carve"
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          "offal"
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      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
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        "To move like slime, like slimy things or like a slimy person."
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        "(intransitive, often figurative) To move like slime, like slimy things or like a slimy person."
      ],
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        "figuratively",
        "intransitive",
        "often"
      ]
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      "ipa": "/slaɪm/"
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      "tags": [
        "Southern-England"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (Southern England)"
    },
    {
      "enpr": "slīm"
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}
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  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "anode slime"
    },
    {
      "word": "antislime"
    },
    {
      "word": "beslime"
    },
    {
      "word": "butter slime"
    },
    {
      "word": "cloud slime"
    },
    {
      "word": "dog vomit slime mold"
    },
    {
      "word": "pink slime"
    },
    {
      "word": "pink-slime journalism"
    },
    {
      "word": "scrambled egg slime mold"
    },
    {
      "word": "slime bacteria"
    },
    {
      "word": "slimebag"
    },
    {
      "word": "slimeball"
    },
    {
      "word": "slime eel"
    },
    {
      "word": "slime flux"
    },
    {
      "word": "slimeless"
    },
    {
      "word": "slimelike"
    },
    {
      "word": "slime lily"
    },
    {
      "word": "slime mold"
    },
    {
      "word": "slime mould"
    },
    {
      "word": "slime sponge"
    },
    {
      "word": "slime tutorial"
    },
    {
      "word": "slimeway"
    },
    {
      "word": "slimicide"
    },
    {
      "word": "slimish"
    },
    {
      "word": "slimy"
    },
    {
      "word": "slug slime"
    }
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          "args": {
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            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ French: slime",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ French: slime"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ja",
            "2": "スライム",
            "bor": "1",
            "tr": "suraimu"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Japanese: スライム (suraimu)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Japanese: スライム (suraimu)"
    }
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      "args": {
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        "2": "enm",
        "3": "slime"
      },
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      "name": "inh"
    },
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        "2": "slyme"
      },
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      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
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      "expansion": "slim",
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        "2": "slym"
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      "expansion": "slym",
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      "args": {
        "1": "en",
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        "3": "slīm"
      },
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      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "gem-pro",
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      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *slīmą",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "ine-pro",
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        "4": "",
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      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "da",
        "2": "slim"
      },
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    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "slijm"
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      "expansion": "Dutch slijm",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "Schleim",
        "t": "mucus, slime"
      },
      "expansion": "German Schleim (“mucus, slime”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "limus",
        "t": "mud"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin limus (“mud”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "λίμνη",
        "t": "marsh"
      },
      "expansion": "Ancient Greek λίμνη (límnē, “marsh”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
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      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
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  "pos": "noun",
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        "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."
      ],
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        [
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          "adhesive"
        ],
        [
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          "viscous"
        ],
        [
          "bitumen",
          "bitumen"
        ],
        [
          "ore",
          "ore"
        ],
        [
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          "dressing"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1680, T. K., The Kitchin-Phyſician; Or, a Guide for Good-Housewives in Maintaining Their Families in Health. […], How to cleanſe the Teeth, and keep them ſound, page 44",
          "text": "You ſhould rub your Teeth and whole Mouth and Gums, the Pallate and Tongue, with a clean courſe cloth, rubbing off the ſlime which groweth upon them in the night.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Any mucilaginous substance; or a mucus-like substance which exudes from the bodies of certain animals, such as snails or slugs."
      ],
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        [
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          "mucilaginous"
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        [
          "mucus",
          "mucus"
        ],
        [
          "exude",
          "exude"
        ],
        [
          "snail",
          "snail"
        ],
        [
          "slug",
          "slug"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Synonym of flubber (“kind of rubbery polymer”)"
      ],
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        {
          "word": "butter slime"
        },
        {
          "word": "cloud slime"
        }
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "flubber",
          "flubber#English"
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      "synonyms": [
        {
          "extra": "kind of rubbery polymer",
          "tags": [
            "synonym",
            "synonym-of"
          ],
          "word": "flubber"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English derogatory terms",
        "English informal terms",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
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        {
          "ref": "1980, Richard Louis Newmann, Siege of Orbitor, page xvii. 78",
          "text": "What about that, you slime?",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2005, G. E. Nordell, Backlot Requiem: A Rick Walker Mystery",
          "text": "If this guy knows who killed Robert, the right thing to do is to tell the police. If he doesn't know, really, then he's an opportunistic slime. It's still blackmail.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A sneaky, unethical person; a slimeball."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "derogatory",
          "derogatory"
        ],
        [
          "slimeball",
          "slimeball"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(informal, derogatory) A sneaky, unethical person; a slimeball."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "derogatory",
        "informal",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "en:Fantasy",
        "en:Video games"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2006, Lawrence Wright, Character Design for Mobile Devices, Gulf Professional Publishing, page 8",
          "text": "This is a nameless blue slime, drawn by Chris Hildenbrand, for a role playing game (RPG) that was never released.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A monster having the form of a slimy blob."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "fantasy",
          "fantasy"
        ],
        [
          "video game",
          "video game"
        ],
        [
          "monster",
          "monster"
        ],
        [
          "slimy",
          "slimy"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(fantasy, video games) A monster having the form of a slimy blob."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "fantasy",
        "video-games"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with obsolete senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Human flesh, seen disparagingly; mere human form."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "flesh",
          "flesh"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figuratively, obsolete) Human flesh, seen disparagingly; mere human form."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "figuratively",
        "obsolete",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with obsolete senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Jew’s slime (bitumen)."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Jew’s slime",
          "Jew's slime#English"
        ],
        [
          "bitumen",
          "bitumen#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(obsolete) Jew’s slime (bitumen)."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "obsolete",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "African-American Vernacular English",
        "English slang",
        "Multicultural Toronto English"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A friend; a homie."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "friend",
          "friend"
        ],
        [
          "homie",
          "homie"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "African-American Vernacular",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(African-American Vernacular, MTE, slang) A friend; a homie."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "slang",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/slaɪm/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-aɪm"
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-slime.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/4/44/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-slime.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-slime.wav.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/4/44/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-slime.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-slime.wav.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Southern-England"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (Southern England)"
    },
    {
      "enpr": "slīm"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "sense": "any substance of a dirty nature",
      "word": "sludge"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "tínja",
      "sense": "mud",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ти́ня"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "lépkava kal",
      "sense": "mud",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ле́пкава кал"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "mud",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "llim"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "mud",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "llot"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "mud",
      "word": "ŝlimo"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "mud",
      "word": "lieju"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "mud",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "slime"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "mud",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "lama"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "mud",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "verdoia"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "mud",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "borba"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "mud",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "untullo"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "mud",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "vasa"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "mud",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "label"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "mud",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "verdello"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "mud",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "limo"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "ṭalaxi",
      "sense": "mud",
      "word": "ტალახი"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "ilús",
      "sense": "mud",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ἰλύς"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "mud",
      "word": "iszap"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "mud",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "melma"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "mud",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "fanghiglia"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "hedoro",
      "sense": "mud",
      "word": "ヘドロ"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "mud",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "līmus"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "mud",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "slim"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "mud",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "slim"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "mud",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "muł"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "mud",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "szlam"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "mud",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "limo"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "žíža",
      "sense": "mud",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "жи́жа"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "mésivo",
      "sense": "mud",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "ме́сиво"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "šlam",
      "sense": "mud",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "шлам"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "il",
      "sense": "mud",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ил"
    },
    {
      "code": "scn",
      "lang": "Sicilian",
      "sense": "mud",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "lippu"
    },
    {
      "code": "scn",
      "lang": "Sicilian",
      "sense": "mud",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "fangu"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "mud",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "limo"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "mud",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "cieno"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "mud",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "lama"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "mud",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "légamo"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "mud",
      "word": "slam"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "mud",
      "word": "alabwab"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "leen",
      "sense": "mud",
      "word": "เลน"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "kloon",
      "sense": "mud",
      "word": "โคลน"
    },
    {
      "code": "wa",
      "lang": "Walloon",
      "sense": "mud",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "glimon"
    },
    {
      "code": "ale",
      "lang": "Aleut",
      "sense": "mucilaginous substance or mucus-like substance",
      "word": "qiqix̂"
    },
    {
      "code": "as",
      "lang": "Assamese",
      "roman": "bizol",
      "sense": "mucilaginous substance or mucus-like substance",
      "word": "বিজল"
    },
    {
      "code": "eu",
      "lang": "Basque",
      "sense": "mucilaginous substance or mucus-like substance",
      "word": "elder"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "slizʹ",
      "sense": "mucilaginous substance or mucus-like substance",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "слізь"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "šlam",
      "sense": "mucilaginous substance or mucus-like substance",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "шлам"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "sluz",
      "sense": "mucilaginous substance or mucus-like substance",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "слуз"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "mucilaginous substance or mucus-like substance",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "bava"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "yūní",
      "sense": "mucilaginous substance or mucus-like substance",
      "word": "淤泥"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "mucilaginous substance or mucus-like substance",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "sliz"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "mucilaginous substance or mucus-like substance",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender",
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "slim"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "mucilaginous substance or mucus-like substance",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "slijm"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "mucilaginous substance or mucus-like substance",
      "word": "muko"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "mucilaginous substance or mucus-like substance",
      "word": "bavo"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "mucilaginous substance or mucus-like substance",
      "word": "lima"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "mucilaginous substance or mucus-like substance",
      "word": "lima"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "mucilaginous substance or mucus-like substance",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "glaire"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "note": "bave f (for a mollusc ; lit. \"drool\")",
      "sense": "mucilaginous substance or mucus-like substance"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "mucilaginous substance or mucus-like substance",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "garro"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "mucilaginous substance or mucus-like substance",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "goldro"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "mucilaginous substance or mucus-like substance",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "mormo"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "mucilaginous substance or mucus-like substance",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "baba"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "mucilaginous substance or mucus-like substance",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "limo"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "lorc̣o",
      "sense": "mucilaginous substance or mucus-like substance",
      "word": "ლორწო"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "mucilaginous substance or mucus-like substance",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Schleim"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "glínē",
      "sense": "mucilaginous substance or mucus-like substance",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "γλίνη"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "mucilaginous substance or mucus-like substance",
      "word": "nyálka"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "mucilaginous substance or mucus-like substance",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "slím"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "mucilaginous substance or mucus-like substance",
      "word": "slamo"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "mucilaginous substance or mucus-like substance",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "poltiglia"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "suraimu",
      "sense": "mucilaginous substance or mucus-like substance",
      "word": "スライム"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "numeri",
      "sense": "mucilaginous substance or mucus-like substance",
      "word": "ぬめり"
    },
    {
      "alt": "ぬめり",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "numeri",
      "sense": "mucilaginous substance or mucus-like substance",
      "word": "滑り"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "rumʼəl",
      "sense": "mucilaginous substance or mucus-like substance",
      "word": "រំអិល"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "mucilaginous substance or mucus-like substance",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "vīrus"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "mucilaginous substance or mucus-like substance",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "gļotas"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "mucilaginous substance or mucus-like substance",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "gleivės"
    },
    {
      "code": "nds",
      "lang": "Low German",
      "sense": "mucilaginous substance or mucus-like substance",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Sliem"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "sluz",
      "sense": "mucilaginous substance or mucus-like substance",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "слуз"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "mucilaginous substance or mucus-like substance",
      "word": "hūwareware"
    },
    {
      "code": "mn",
      "lang": "Mongolian",
      "roman": "sals",
      "sense": "mucilaginous substance or mucus-like substance",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "салс"
    },
    {
      "code": "orv",
      "lang": "Old East Slavic",
      "roman": "ilŭ",
      "sense": "mucilaginous substance or mucus-like substance",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "илъ"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "lajan",
      "sense": "mucilaginous substance or mucus-like substance",
      "word": "⁧لجن⁩"
    },
    {
      "code": "pdt",
      "lang": "Plautdietsch",
      "sense": "mucilaginous substance or mucus-like substance",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Schliem"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "mucilaginous substance or mucus-like substance",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "śluz"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "mucilaginous substance or mucus-like substance",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "gosma"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "mucilaginous substance or mucus-like substance",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "lodo"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "mucilaginous substance or mucus-like substance",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "geleca"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "mucilaginous substance or mucus-like substance",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "mucus"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "slizʹ",
      "sense": "mucilaginous substance or mucus-like substance",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "слизь"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "šlam",
      "sense": "mucilaginous substance or mucus-like substance",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "шлам"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "il",
      "sense": "mucilaginous substance or mucus-like substance",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ил"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "mucilaginous substance or mucus-like substance",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "clàbar"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "mucilaginous substance or mucus-like substance",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "слу̑з"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "mucilaginous substance or mucus-like substance",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "slȗz"
    },
    {
      "code": "scn",
      "lang": "Sicilian",
      "sense": "mucilaginous substance or mucus-like substance",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "muccu"
    },
    {
      "code": "scn",
      "lang": "Sicilian",
      "sense": "mucilaginous substance or mucus-like substance",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "vava"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "mucilaginous substance or mucus-like substance",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "sliz"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "mucilaginous substance or mucus-like substance",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "sluz"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "mucilaginous substance or mucus-like substance",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "baba"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "mucilaginous substance or mucus-like substance",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "moco"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "mucilaginous substance or mucus-like substance",
      "word": "slem"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "mucilaginous substance or mucus-like substance",
      "word": "banlik"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "mʉ̂ʉak",
      "sense": "mucilaginous substance or mucus-like substance",
      "word": "เมือก"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "leen",
      "sense": "mucilaginous substance or mucus-like substance",
      "word": "เลน"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "kloon",
      "sense": "mucilaginous substance or mucus-like substance",
      "word": "โคลน"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "slyz",
      "sense": "mucilaginous substance or mucus-like substance",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "слиз"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "šlam",
      "sense": "mucilaginous substance or mucus-like substance",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "шлам"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "mul",
      "sense": "mucilaginous substance or mucus-like substance",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "мул"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "hlej",
      "sense": "mucilaginous substance or mucus-like substance",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "глей"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "mucilaginous substance or mucus-like substance",
      "word": "nhớt"
    },
    {
      "code": "wa",
      "lang": "Walloon",
      "sense": "mucilaginous substance or mucus-like substance",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "glaire"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "mucilaginous substance or mucus-like substance",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "llysnafedd"
    }
  ],
  "word": "slime"
}

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "enm",
        "3": "slime"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle English slime",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "slyme"
      },
      "expansion": "slyme",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "slim"
      },
      "expansion": "slim",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "slym"
      },
      "expansion": "slym",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ang",
        "3": "slīm"
      },
      "expansion": "Old English slīm",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*slīmą"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *slīmą",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*sley-",
        "4": "",
        "5": "smooth; slick; sticky; slimy"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *sley- (“smooth; slick; sticky; slimy”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "da",
        "2": "slim"
      },
      "expansion": "Danish slim",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "stq",
        "2": "Sliem"
      },
      "expansion": "Saterland Frisian Sliem",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "slijm"
      },
      "expansion": "Dutch slijm",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "Schleim",
        "t": "mucus, slime"
      },
      "expansion": "German Schleim (“mucus, slime”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "limus",
        "t": "mud"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin limus (“mud”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "λίμνη",
        "t": "marsh"
      },
      "expansion": "Ancient Greek λίμνη (límnē, “marsh”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle English slime, slyme, slim, slym, from Old English slīm, from Proto-Germanic *slīmą, from Proto-Indo-European *sley- (“smooth; slick; sticky; slimy”). Cognates include Danish slim, Saterland Frisian Sliem, Dutch slijm, German Schleim (“mucus, slime”), Latin limus (“mud”), Ancient Greek λίμνη (límnē, “marsh”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "slimes",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sliming",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "slimed",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "slimed",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "slime (third-person singular simple present slimes, present participle sliming, simple past and past participle slimed)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To coat with slime."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "coat",
          "coat"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To coat with slime."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To besmirch or disparage."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "besmirch",
          "besmirch"
        ],
        [
          "disparage",
          "disparage"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, figuratively) To besmirch or disparage."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively",
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1999, Dana Stabenow, So Sure of Death, page 20",
          "text": "If so, this job was better than sliming salmon any day.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2013, William B. McCloskey, Raiders: A Novel",
          "text": "You and me bunked in that dorm on the hill, remember? And slimed fish under that tin roof down there.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To carve (fish), removing the offal."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "carve",
          "carve"
        ],
        [
          "offal",
          "offal"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English intransitive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To move like slime, like slimy things or like a slimy person."
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive, often figurative) To move like slime, like slimy things or like a slimy person."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively",
        "intransitive",
        "often"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/slaɪm/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-aɪm"
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-slime.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/4/44/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-slime.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-slime.wav.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/4/44/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-slime.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-slime.wav.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Southern-England"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (Southern England)"
    },
    {
      "enpr": "slīm"
    }
  ],
  "word": "slime"
}

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