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# slimy

«slimy» in Mova's school dictionary: **Covered with slime: thick, wet, slippery stuff, like on a…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adjective (slimy, slimier, slimiest)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Covered with slime: thick, wet, slippery stuff, like on a snail or a slug. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/slimy/#m1)

2) Of a person: too friendly in a false way to get what they want (informal). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/slimy/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In science lessons, slugs, snails and frogs feel slimy; the slime helps them move and keeps their skin wet. In everyday life, rotting food or a pond can be slimy. In stories, villains can be slimy. Phrases: slimy slug, slimy rocks.

### examples

- The slug left a slimy trail. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/slimy/#x1)
- Be careful, the rocks are slimy and slippery. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/slimy/#x2)
- Frogs feel cool and slimy. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/slimy/#x3)
- The old lettuce had gone slimy. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/slimy/#x4)
- Seaweed is slimy when it is wet. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/slimy/#x5)
- In the story, the slimy salesman lied to everyone. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/slimy/#x6)
- Fish are slimy to touch. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/slimy/#x7)
- The branches were long slimy arms, with fingers like flexible worms, moving limb after limb from the root to the top. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/slimy/#x8)

### note

Comparative: slimier, slimiest. Myth: snakes are not slimy; they have dry scales. Safety: slimy rocks and paths are slippery, so walk carefully; slimy food has gone bad, so do not eat it. Wash your hands after touching slimy creatures.

### In the corpora

- [A snake's skin is dry and smooth, not slimy; it looks shiny because of its scales.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/69-spiders-snakes-and-wild-neighbours/15/)
- [A banana skin is slippery because its squashed inside makes a slimy layer between your shoe and the floor.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/physics/7-living-with-friction/18/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «slimy» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/slimy/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.