n. Any soft, ropy, glutinous, or viscous substance.n. Asphalt or bitumen.n. A mucous, viscous, or glutinous substance exuded from the bodies of certain animals, notably fishes and mollusks: as, the slime of a snail. In some cases this slime is the secretion of a special gland, and it may on hardening form a sort of operculum. See slime-gland, clausiliumt and hibernaculum, 3 .n. Figuratively, anything of a clinging and offensive nature; cringing or fawning words or actions.n. In metallurgy, ore reduced to a very fine powder and held in suspension in water, so as to form a kind of thin ore-mud: generally used in the plural.To cover with or as with slime; make slimy.To remove slime from, as fish for canning.To become slimy: acquire slime.