as in muddy
full of or covered with soft wet earth
please remove your slimy boots before coming into the house
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Hard-core fans might enjoy the slimy green pods simply steamed or boiled.
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Cnn.com Wire Service, The Mercury News, 26 Sep. 2024
If any rhizomes are soft or slimy or emit an unpleasant odor, dig them up, carefully separating the infected parts from nearby healthy rhizomes.
—Megan Hughes, Better Homes & Gardens, 18 Sep. 2024
There’s a lot of cleaning equipment, chopping frozen fish for fish smoothies and scrubbing slimy pinniped poop out of the pens.
—Tara Ellison, Los Angeles Times, 19 Sep. 2024
The murder is our slimy protagonist’s thin-skinned response to Alberto mocking a moment of apparent vulnerability on the Penguin’s part.
—Judy Berman, TIME, 19 Sep. 2024
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Cnn.com Wire Service, The Mercury News, 26 Sep. 2024
If any rhizomes are soft or slimy or emit an unpleasant odor, dig them up, carefully separating the infected parts from nearby healthy rhizomes.
—Megan Hughes, Better Homes & Gardens, 18 Sep. 2024
There’s a lot of cleaning equipment, chopping frozen fish for fish smoothies and scrubbing slimy pinniped poop out of the pens.
—Tara Ellison, Los Angeles Times, 19 Sep. 2024
The murder is our slimy protagonist’s thin-skinned response to Alberto mocking a moment of apparent vulnerability on the Penguin’s part.
—Judy Berman, TIME, 19 Sep. 2024
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“Slimy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/slimy. Accessed 1 Dec. 2024.
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