"sludge" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /slʌd͡ʒ/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-sludge.wav [Southern-England], LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-sludge.wav [US] Forms: sludges [plural]
Rhymes: -ʌd͡ʒ Etymology: Possibly related to slush. Etymology templates: {{m|en|slush}} slush Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} sludge (countable and uncountable, plural sludges)
  1. Solids separated from suspension in a liquid. Tags: countable, uncountable Synonyms (separated solids): mud, mire, ooze, slush
    Sense id: en-sludge-en-noun-Lzm7PhrH Disambiguation of 'separated solids': 44 7 13 11 25
  2. A residual semi-solid material left from industrial, water treatment, or wastewater treatment processes. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (residual material from a process): حَمَأ (ḥamaʔ) (Arabic), حَمأَة [feminine] (Arabic), шлам (šlam) [masculine] (Bulgarian), liete (Finnish), Abwasserschlamm [masculine] (German), dríodar [masculine] (Irish), szlam [masculine] (Polish), muł [masculine] (Polish), оса́док (osádok) [masculine] (Russian), fango [masculine] (Spanish), atık (Turkish), çamur (Turkish), tortu (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-sludge-en-noun-rViLE1F9 Disambiguation of 'residual material from a process': 26 64 4 2 5
  3. A sediment of accumulated minerals in a steam boiler. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (sediment of minerals in a steam boiler): رُسَابَة (rusāba) [feminine] (Arabic), накип (nakip) [masculine] (Bulgarian), kattilakivi (Finnish), шлам (šlam) [masculine] (Russian), lodo [masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-sludge-en-noun-VOlYzjQr Disambiguation of 'sediment of minerals in a steam boiler': 11 3 60 8 19
  4. A mass of small pieces of ice on the surface of a water body. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (small pieces of ice): плаващ лед (plavašt led) [masculine] (Bulgarian), suppo (Finnish), hyhmä (Finnish), sohjo (Finnish), costra [feminine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-sludge-en-noun-wgvGJhY7 Disambiguation of 'small pieces of ice': 4 2 4 86 4
  5. (uncountable, music) sludge metal Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Music
    Sense id: en-sludge-en-noun-8X5Dbz85 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 17 6 17 15 36 1 9 Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: activated sludge, biliary sludge, oil sludge, sludge acid, sludgecore, sludge hole, sludge metal, sludge out Translations (generic term for separated solids): 污泥 (wūní) (Chinese Mandarin), liete (Finnish), lieju (Finnish), muta (Finnish), lie [feminine] (French), Schlamm [masculine] (German), Matsch [masculine] (German), dríodar [masculine] (Irish), (doro) (alt: どろ) (Japanese), 泥土 (deido) (alt: でいど) (Japanese), 진흙 (jinheuk) (Korean), 진창 (jinchang) (Korean), Moarauss [masculine] (Plautdietsch), sedimento [masculine] (Portuguese), шлам (šlam) [masculine] (Russian), ил (il) [masculine] (Russian), lodo [masculine] (Spanish), sedimento [masculine] (Spanish), мул (mul) [masculine] (Ukrainian)
Disambiguation of 'generic term for separated solids': 32 7 15 13 32

Verb

IPA: /slʌd͡ʒ/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-sludge.wav [Southern-England], LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-sludge.wav [US] Forms: sludges [present, singular, third-person], sludging [participle, present], sludged [participle, past], sludged [past]
Rhymes: -ʌd͡ʒ Etymology: Possibly related to slush. Etymology templates: {{m|en|slush}} slush Head templates: {{en-verb}} sludge (third-person singular simple present sludges, present participle sludging, simple past and past participle sludged)
  1. (intransitive, informal) To slump or slouch. Tags: informal, intransitive
    Sense id: en-sludge-en-verb-YCT8heOl
  2. (intransitive) To slop or drip slowly. Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-sludge-en-verb-R4Fa42E1

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "2013 June 29, “High and wet”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8842, page 28",
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          "word": "ooze"
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          "sense": "residual material from a process",
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          "sense": "sediment of minerals in a steam boiler",
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          "word": "hyhmä"
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          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "small pieces of ice",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "costra"
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      "_dis1": "32 7 15 13 32",
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
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      "word": "污泥"
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      "word": "muta"
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      "sense": "generic term for separated solids",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "lie"
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      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "generic term for separated solids",
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      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "generic term for separated solids",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "Matsch"
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      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "generic term for separated solids",
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      "word": "dríodar"
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      "_dis1": "32 7 15 13 32",
      "alt": "どろ",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "doro",
      "sense": "generic term for separated solids",
      "word": "泥"
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      "_dis1": "32 7 15 13 32",
      "alt": "でいど",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "deido",
      "sense": "generic term for separated solids",
      "word": "泥土"
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      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "jinheuk",
      "sense": "generic term for separated solids",
      "word": "진흙"
    },
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      "code": "ko",
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      "tags": [
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      "lang": "Portuguese",
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      "word": "sedimento"
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      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "шлам"
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      "sense": "generic term for separated solids",
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      "_dis1": "32 7 15 13 32",
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      "sense": "generic term for separated solids",
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      "word": "lodo"
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      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "generic term for separated solids",
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      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "mul",
      "sense": "generic term for separated solids",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "biliary sludge"
    },
    {
      "word": "oil sludge"
    },
    {
      "word": "sludge acid"
    },
    {
      "word": "sludgecore"
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    {
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      "sense": "separated solids",
      "word": "mire"
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    {
      "sense": "separated solids",
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      "word": "污泥"
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      "word": "liete"
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    {
      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "generic term for separated solids",
      "word": "lieju"
    },
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "generic term for separated solids",
      "word": "muta"
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "generic term for separated solids",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "lie"
    },
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "generic term for separated solids",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Schlamm"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "generic term for separated solids",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Matsch"
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      "code": "ga",
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      "sense": "generic term for separated solids",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "dríodar"
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      "alt": "どろ",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "doro",
      "sense": "generic term for separated solids",
      "word": "泥"
    },
    {
      "alt": "でいど",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "deido",
      "sense": "generic term for separated solids",
      "word": "泥土"
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      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "jinheuk",
      "sense": "generic term for separated solids",
      "word": "진흙"
    },
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      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "jinchang",
      "sense": "generic term for separated solids",
      "word": "진창"
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      "code": "pdt",
      "lang": "Plautdietsch",
      "sense": "generic term for separated solids",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "Moarauss"
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      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "generic term for separated solids",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "sedimento"
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "šlam",
      "sense": "generic term for separated solids",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "шлам"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "il",
      "sense": "generic term for separated solids",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ил"
    },
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      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "generic term for separated solids",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "lodo"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "generic term for separated solids",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "sedimento"
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      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "mul",
      "sense": "generic term for separated solids",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "мул"
    },
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      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
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    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "sense": "residual material from a process",
      "tags": [
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      ],
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "šlam",
      "sense": "residual material from a process",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "residual material from a process",
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      "code": "de",
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      ],
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      "code": "ga",
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      "sense": "residual material from a process",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "code": "pl",
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      "sense": "residual material from a process",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "residual material from a process",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "muł"
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      "code": "ru",
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      "sense": "residual material from a process",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
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      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "residual material from a process",
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      "word": "fango"
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      "code": "tr",
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      "word": "atık"
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      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "residual material from a process",
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      "code": "ar",
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      "roman": "rusāba",
      "sense": "sediment of minerals in a steam boiler",
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        "feminine"
      ],
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      "sense": "sediment of minerals in a steam boiler",
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      ],
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    },
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      ],
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    },
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      "code": "bg",
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      "roman": "plavašt led",
      "sense": "small pieces of ice",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
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    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "small pieces of ice",
      "word": "suppo"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "small pieces of ice",
      "word": "hyhmä"
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "small pieces of ice",
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "small pieces of ice",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "costra"
    }
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}

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        "To slump or slouch."
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        "(intransitive) To slop or drip slowly."
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