sliming

Variant of slime

slime definition

slime (slīm)

noun

any soft, moist, slippery, sometimes sticky matter, as soft mud, the mucous coating on fish, etc.; specif., moist or sticky matter considered filthy or disgusting

Etymology: ME < OE slim, akin to Ger schleim < IE base *(s)lei-, slimy: see slide

transitive verb slimed, sliming slim′·ing

  1. to cover with slime
  2. to clean slime from

intransitive verb

to become slimy

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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