Converse of object

• deter: Did you know coffee grinds are great for deterring slugs?

• eat: No worse than them eating too many slugs I suppose.

• kill: Kill the slugs = no eggs or destroy the eggs = no slugs.

• pick: Well, have to have something nice to think about whilst picking the horrible slugs off your brassicas!

• attract: These traps will only attract slugs from a nearby area.

• keep: Still the dry worked wonders keeping the slugs down.

Converse of subject

• eat: The lettuce is eaten by the slug, the slug is eaten by the bird.

Adjective modifier

• gray: You can always see the lazy common seals lying about sunbathing like large gray slugs.

• dead: Dead slugs & snails left for a few days in water to ferment.

• black: There will be no big black slugs shot at, only the ones you shoot through your gun.

Modifies a noun

• pellet: Your post was timely, I shall sprinkle some slug pellets around them to keep them safe.

• traps: Use slug traps filled with beer or milk instead of pellets.

• bait: Check if your neighbors use slug bait especially if they are keen gardeners to be sure.

• deterrent: Is it purely as a pet, for eggs, as a snail and slug deterrent or for meat?

• killer: The Chemicals Slug pellets are probably the most used forms of chemical slug killers.

• trap: A slug trap, or slug pub, can be recessed in the soil, filled with either a commercial bait or beer.

Noun used with modifier

• sea: I discovered I don't like sea slug, however beautifully cooked.

• copper: You drop the now-empty shell into any glass, grin, and the copper slug is shinning BETWEEN YOUR TEETH!

• garden: I think I can answer some of these questions by considering the behavior of garden slugs living on a hard ceramic floor.