шлам — meaning in English

English meaning

• slime noun A thick, sticky, wet substance, such as the mucus produced by snails or slugs.
• sludge noun Thick, soft, semi-liquid mud, waste, or sediment.

Senses

шлам is used for these senses in English:

• slime 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.
• slime Any mucilaginous substance; or a mucus-like substance which exudes from the bodies of certain animals, such as snails or slugs.
• sludge A sediment of accumulated minerals in a steam boiler.

slime — full definition

1. noun A thick, sticky, wet substance, such as the mucus produced by snails or slugs.
2. noun A soft, stretchy toy substance made from polymers, popular with children.
3. noun (informal) A dishonest or unpleasant person.
4. verb To coat something with slime, or to disparage and undermine someone.

sludge — full definition

1. noun Thick, soft, semi-liquid mud, waste, or sediment.
2. verb To move in a slouched, sluggish way.

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