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Slime

Soft, moist earth or clay, having an adhesive quality; viscous mud.

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Begrime 76% connected

To soil with grime or dirt deeply impressed or rubbed in.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Bemire 76% connected

To drag through, encumber with, or fix in, the mire; to soil by passing through mud or dirt.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Colly 76% connected

The black grime or soot of coal.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Dirty 76% connected

Defiled with dirt; foul; nasty; filthy; not clean or pure; serving to defile; as, dirty hands; dirty water; a dirty white.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Grime 76% connected

Foul matter; dirt, rubbed in; sullying blackness, deeply ingrained.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Matter 76% connected

That of which anything is composed; constituent substance; material; the material or substantial part of anything; the constituent elements of concep…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Soil 76% connected

To feed, as cattle or horses, in the barn or an inclosure, with fresh grass or green food cut for them, instead of sending them out to pasture; hence…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Muck 74% connected

abbreviation of Amuck.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Muck 74% connected

abbreviation of Amuck.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Synonym 3

Muck 92% connected

abbreviation of Amuck.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Ooze 92% connected

Soft mud or slime; earth so wet as to flow gently, or easily yield to pressure.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Sludge 92% connected

Mud; mire; soft mud; slush.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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