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# slime

noun (slime — uncountable; slimes for kinds)

«slime» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Slime is a thick, wet, slippery substance, like the trail a snail leaves. [tree →](https://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://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/slime/#m2)

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

### 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://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://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://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/slime/#x3)

### 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.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «slime» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/slime/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«slime» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/slime.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «slime» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/slime/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«slime» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/slime.html) on Mova free.