| slim | 1. Worthless; bad. 2. Weak; slight; unsubstantial; poor; as, a slim argument. "That was a slim excuse." 3. Of small diameter or thickness in proportion to the height or length; slender; as, a slim person; a slim tree. Origin: Formerly, bad, worthless, weak, slight, awry, fr. D. Slim; akin to G. Schlimm, MHG. Slimp oblique, awry; of uncertain origin. The meaning of the English word seems to have been influenced by slender. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| slime | 1. Soft, moist earth or clay, having an adhesive quality; viscous mud. "As it [Nilus] ebbs, the seedsman Upon the slime and ooze scatters his grain." (Shak) 2. Any mucilaginous substance; any substance of a dirty nature, that is moist, soft, and adhesive. 3. Bitumen. "Slime had they for mortar." (Gen. Xi. 3) 4. <chemical> Mud containing metallic ore, obtained in the preparatory dressing. 5. <physiology> A mucuslike substance which exudes from the bodies of certain animals. Slime eel. <zoology> See Hag. Slime pit, a pit for the collection of slime or bitumen. Origin: OE. Slim, AS. Slim; akin to D. Slijm, G. Schleim, MHG. Slimen to make smooth, Icel. Slim slime, Dan. Sliim; cf. L. Limare to file, polish, levis smooth, Gr.; or cf. L. Limus mud. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| slime fever | Leptospiral infection with jaundice, presumably infection by Leptospira icterohemorrhagica. (05 Mar 2000) |
| slime layer | <biology, microbiology> A diffused layer of polysaccharide exterior to the bacterial cell wall. Compare: capsule and glycocalyx. (09 Oct 1997) |
| slime mould | <biology, microbiology> Two distinct groups of fungi, the cellular slime moulds or Acrasidae that include Dictyostelium and the acellular slime moulds or Myxomycetes that include Physarum. These nonphototrophic eukaryotic microorganisms lack cell walls, which aggregate to form fruiting structures (cellular slime moulds) or simply masses of protoplasm (acellular slime moulds). (09 Oct 1997) |
| slime mold |
a naked mass of protoplasm having characteristics of both plants and animals; sometimes classified as protoctists
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| slimy |
slimed: covered with or resembling slime; "a slimy substance covered the rocks" despicable: morally reprehensible; "would do something as despicable as murder"; "ugly crimes"; "the vile development of slavery appalled them"; "a slimy little liar"
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A member of a category of eukaryotic organisms that typically have some fungal-like attributes and some animal-like attributes. (16)
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| slime f. |
mud f. (def. 1).
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| slime m. |
any member of the fungal class Myxomycetes.
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| slim | take off weight |
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| slim | being of delicate or slender build |
| slim | small in quantity |
| slim | take off weight |
| slim | having a small waist |
| slim | any thick messy substance |
| slim | cover or stain with slime |
| slim | bacteria that form colonies in self-produced slime |
| slim | eellike cyclostome having a tongue with horny teeth in a round mouth surrounded by eight tentacles |
| slim | a naked mass of protoplasm having characteristics of both plants and animals |
| slim | a naked mass of protoplasm having characteristics of both plants and animals |
| slim | a mushroom of the genus Amanita |
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