[Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/slime.html) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/) / [The Judaism dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/) / slime [← S](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/S/) # slime «slime» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **a thick, wet, slippery substance, like the trail a snail…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it. ### part of speech noun (slime — uncountable; slimes for kinds) ### meaning for a pupil 1) Slime is a thick, wet, slippery substance, like the trail a snail leaves. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/slime/#m1) 2) Slime is also a stretchy toy goo that children make from glue and other things. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/slime/#m2) ### sense in the lessons In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: In the Torah slime means sticky tar or bitumen, used as mortar for bricks and to seal Moses' basket. Interpretation: It is part of the Tower of Babel story, where people used brick and slime to build a tower. The Torah notes that they used it in place of stone and mortar. In the primary lessons: In science slime is used to show a substance that is not quite a solid and not quite a liquid; animals like snails and slugs use slime to move and stay moist. Phrases: «make slime», «green slime», «a slime trail», «covered in slime». ### examples - And they said one to another: 'Come, let us make brick, and burn them thoroughly.' And they had brick for stone, and slime had they for mortar. (Torah GEN.11.3, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/slime/#x1) - Now the vale of Siddim was full of slime pits; and the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah fled, and they fell there, and they that remained fled to the mountain. (Torah GEN.14.10, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/slime/#x2) - And when she could not longer hide him, she took for him an ark of bulrushes, and daubed it with slime and with pitch; and she put the child therein, and laid it in the flags by the river's brink. (Torah EXO.2.3, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/slime/#x3) - The snail left a trail of slime on the path. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/slime/#x4) - We made slime in science class. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/slime/#x5) - My slime is purple and sparkly. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/slime/#x6) - The pond rocks were covered in green slime. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/slime/#x7) - Slugs use slime to help them slide. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/slime/#x8) - Don't leave slime on the carpet! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/slime/#x9) - Fish have a thin layer of slime on their skin. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/slime/#x10) - Great black bubbles rose up out of the moor-slime, and with these every trace of the two vanished. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/slime/#x11) ### note Usually uncountable: some slime. Adjective: slimy. Homemade slime needs an adult's help, because some ingredients like borax can hurt skin and must not be eaten; wash hands after playing. Slime is a good example of a non-Newtonian (odd) material. ### In the corpora - [Fish have no eyelids, but many rest by slowing down and floating still; some parrotfish sleep in a bubble of slime.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/55-sleep-and-hibernation/15/) - [Some things are tricky: toothpaste, ketchup and cornflour slime behave like a solid one moment and a liquid the next.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/chemistry/4-solids-liquids-and-gases/4/) - [To release a fish, you wet your hands and put it back gently, because dry hands damage its slime coat.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/250-gymnastics-winter-sports-and-fishing/17/) - [A fish is covered in a thin layer of slime that protects it from germs, like a coat.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/305-fishing-practising-and-shared-gear/0/) - [Dry hands rub this slime off, so people who release fish wet their hands first.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/305-fishing-practising-and-shared-gear/1/) ### Trees and pragmatics [Every meaning and example of «slime» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/slime/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.