Definition of: slime

(slīm) noun
1. Any soft, sticky or dirty thing; hence, any offensive quality or thing.
2. Soft, moist, adhesive mud or earth; muck.
3. A mucous exudation from the bodies of certain animals, as fishes and snails, and certain plants.
4. Bitumen; asphalt.
5. Usually plural A mudlike substance formed of ore in an almost impalpable powder, mixed with water.
—v. slimed, slim·ing v.t.
1. To smear or cover with or as with slime.
2. To remove slime.
2. To remove slime from, as fishes.
—v.i.
3. To become covered with or as with slime. [OE slim]