How do you use the word "slime" in a sentence?

Here are real-life examples of using "slime": There was green slime oozing out of the pipe. Green slime oozed out the pipe.

Slime Meaning

/slaɪm/

Definition, CEFR level B2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.

Definition

nounSoft, moist earth or clay, having an adhesive quality; viscous mud; any substance of a dirty nature, that is moist, soft, and adhesive; bitumen; mud containing metallic ore, obtained in the preparatory dressing.

nounAny mucilaginous substance; or a mucus-like substance which exudes from the bodies of certain animals, such as snails or slugs.

Sentence Examples

There was green slime oozing out of the pipe.

Green slime oozed out the pipe.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms:

ooze gook muck

Antonyms:

None

CEFR Practice Quiz

After the rain, a thick layer of green ____ formed on the damp stones in the garden.

CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)

The snail left a thin trail of silvery ____ on the garden path as it moved slowly along.

Word Origin & History

From Middle English slime, slyme, slim, slym, from Old English slīm, from Proto-West Germanic *slīm, from Proto-Germanic *slīmą, from Proto-Indo-European *sley- (“smooth; slick; sticky; slimy”). Cognates include Saterland Frisian Sliem, Dutch slijm, German Schleim (“mucus, slime”), Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, and Norwegian Nynorsk slim, Swedish slem, Faroese and Icelandic slím (“slime”), Latin limus (“mud”), Ancient Greek λίμνη (límnē, “marsh”).

Literary Quotations & Historical Citations

"As it [the Nile] ebbs, the seedsman / Upon the slime and ooze scatters his grain." — c. 1606–1607 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Anthonie and Cleopatra”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene vii]:

"You ſhould rub your Teeth and whole Mouth and Gums, the Pallate and Tongue, with a clean courſe cloth, rubbing off the ſlime which groweth upon them in the night." — 1680, T. K., The Kitchin-Phyſician; Or, a Guide for Good-Housewives in Maintaining Their Families in Health. […] , How to cleanſe the Teeth, and keep them ſound, page 44:

""What about that, you slime?"" — 1980, Richard Louis Newmann, Siege of Orbitor, page xvii. 78:

"If this guy knows who killed Robert, the right thing to do is to tell the police. If he doesn't know, really, then he's an opportunistic slime. It's still blackmail." — 2005, G. E. Nordell, Backlot Requiem: A Rick Walker Mystery:

"This is a nameless blue slime, drawn by Chris Hildenbrand, for a role playing game (RPG) that was never released." — 2006, Lawrence Wright, Character Design for Mobile Devices, Gulf Professional Publishing, →ISBN, page 8:

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