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# slime

«slime» in Mova's school 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/school/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/school/S/slime/#m2)

### sense in the 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

- The snail left a trail of slime on the path. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/slime/#x1)
- We made slime in science class. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/slime/#x2)
- My slime is purple and sparkly. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/slime/#x3)
- The pond rocks were covered in green slime. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/slime/#x4)
- Slugs use slime to help them slide. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/slime/#x5)
- Don't leave slime on the carpet! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/slime/#x6)
- Fish have a thin layer of slime on their skin. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/slime/#x7)
- 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/school/S/slime/#x8)

### 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/school/S/slime/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.