how to pronounce slime

/ˈslaɪm/

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slime is pronounced in one syllable

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meanings of slime

noun:

A monster having the form of a slimy blob.
Human flesh, seen disparagingly; mere human form.
Friend, homie.
Any mucilaginous substance; or a mucus-like substance which exudes from the bodies of certain animals, such as snails or slugs.
A sneaky, unethical person; a slimeball.
Jew's slime (bitumen).
Soft, 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.

verb:

To coat with slime.
To carve (fish), removing the offal.
To besmirch or disparage.

slime frequency in english - C2 level of CEFR

the word slime occurs in english on average 2.3 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics slime can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that slime can be often used in the following areas:

1) life, nature, and living environment;