ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD SLIME
Old English slīm; related to Old Norse slīm, Old High German slīmen to smooth, Russian slimák snail, Latin līmax snail.
CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO SLIME
PRESENT
Present
I slime
you slime
he/she/it slimes
we slime
you slime
they slime
Present continuous
I am sliming
you are sliming
he/she/it is sliming
we are sliming
you are sliming
they are sliming
Present perfect
I have slimed
you have slimed
he/she/it has slimed
we have slimed
you have slimed
they have slimed
Present perfect continuous
I have been sliming
you have been sliming
he/she/it has been sliming
we have been sliming
you have been sliming
they have been sliming
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The
present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.
PAST
Past
I slimed
you slimed
he/she/it slimed
we slimed
you slimed
they slimed
Past continuous
I was sliming
you were sliming
he/she/it was sliming
we were sliming
you were sliming
they were sliming
Past perfect
I had slimed
you had slimed
he/she/it had slimed
we had slimed
you had slimed
they had slimed
Past perfect continuous
I had been sliming
you had been sliming
he/she/it had been sliming
we had been sliming
you had been sliming
they had been sliming
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,
FUTURE
Future
I will slime
you will slime
he/she/it will slime
we will slime
you will slime
they will slime
Future continuous
I will be sliming
you will be sliming
he/she/it will be sliming
we will be sliming
you will be sliming
they will be sliming
Future perfect
I will have slimed
you will have slimed
he/she/it will have slimed
we will have slimed
you will have slimed
they will have slimed
Future perfect continuous
I will have been sliming
you will have been sliming
he/she/it will have been sliming
we will have been sliming
you will have been sliming
they will have been sliming
The
future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.
CONDITIONAL
Conditional
I would slime
you would slime
he/she/it would slime
we would slime
you would slime
they would slime
Conditional continuous
I would be sliming
you would be sliming
he/she/it would be sliming
we would be sliming
you would be sliming
they would be sliming
Conditional perfect
I would have slime
you would have slime
he/she/it would have slime
we would have slime
you would have slime
they would have slime
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been sliming
you would have been sliming
he/she/it would have been sliming
we would have been sliming
you would have been sliming
they would have been sliming
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.
IMPERATIVE
Imperative
you slime
we let´s slime
you slime
The
imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Present Participle
sliming
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The
present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The
past participle shows the action after completion.
8 QUOTES WITH «SLIME»
Famous quotes and sentences with the word
slime.
By polluting clear water with slime you will never find good drinking water.
I don't enjoy being a celebrity, I don't want any part of that or any part of that fame for fame... i'd actually rather die than be a celebrity slime!!!
Today's children are taught by our culture that we are a cosmic accident. Something slithered out of the primal slime and over billions of years evolved into a human being. We are cousins, ten times removed, to the ape at the zoo eating his own excrement.
My prime interests are in evolution and development. I use the cellular slime molds as a tool to seek an understanding of those twin disciplines.
When, as an undergraduate, I began experiments on these slime molds in 1940, only one other person, Kenneth Raper, was working on them at that time. In fact, he discovered the model species Dictyostelium discoideum, which is the species used in the majority of the experimental work today.
Well, I'm not good with sliminess. I hate the thought of creatures that have slime on them or creatures that leave a slimy trail. At home, the sight of a slug can bring up my breakfast.
Every revolution evaporates and leaves behind only the slime of a new bureaucracy.
I have the ability to create and be in touch with God. I can't change bread and wine into body and blood, but I can take the scum or the slime of the earth and make it into a man or woman.
10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SLIME»
Discover the use of
slime in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
slime and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
Describes some animals and plants that are slimy and includes recipes for edible slime, slime jokes, and a slimy short story.
Through speculative philosophy and lurid cultural objects, Slime Dynamics explores the muck of life as a darkly vitalistic substance.
3
Myxomycetes: A Handbook of
Slime Molds
These superb illustrations are a valuable part of the use of the book as a ready reference for anyone with an abiding interest in the beauty and diversity of the natural world.
Steven L. Stephenson, 2000
4
Horrible Harry and the Green
Slime
Harry leads a mission to place cobwebs all over school, shows the class how to make green slime, and stages a ?deadly skit? that has everyone on the edge of their seats.
5
Physarum Machines: Computers from
Slime Mould
This book demonstrates how to create experimental Physarum machines for computational geometry and optimization, distributed manipulation and transportation, and general-purpose computation.
What substance can act like both a solid and a liquid? Slime! Want to find out how to make your own? Just follow the simple steps inside this book
Heather E. Schwartz, 2010
Danny and Jed become contestants on the children's television show "Slime Time," where wrong answers mean getting sprayed with whipped cream but right answers could lead to new skateboards.
Jim O'Connor, Jane O'Connor, 1990
6 shows the effect of temperature upon the filtering-rate of the type slime. A No.
12 canvas was used on the filter for these experiments. For thin cakes the
increase in filtering-rate is more marked than for the thicker cakes. The same
tendency of ...
George Joseph Young, 1911
9
The Social Amoebae: The Biology of Cellular
Slime Molds
Noted biologist and author John Tyler Bonner has experimented with cellular slime molds for more than sixty years, and he has done more than anyone else to raise these peculiar collections of amoebae from a minor biological curiosity to a ...
10
The
Slime That Would Not Die #1
Jesse Ranger was just an average kid with an obsession for Oswald Leery's B-Monster movies until he discovered a dangerous secret.
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SLIME»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
slime is used in the context of the following news items.
Russell Wilson: 'I can't wait to be king of the slime' (VIDEO)
And while they chatted football, they also talked slime. Wilson was in L.A. preparing for his job as host of the Nickelodeon's Kid's Choice Sports Awards on July ... «Q13 FOX, Apr 15»
Nick Jonas Gets Drenched in Slime at 2015 Kids' Choice Awards …
He asked for it! Nick Jonas got slimed (big time!) while hosting the 2015 Kids' Choice Awards in L.A. on Saturday, Mar. 28. The messy moment happened right ... «Us Magazine, Mar 15»
No 'pink slime' here - McDonald's defends its food
On its website, McDonald's displays a "pink slime" image of a viscous tubular substance, coiled up like a snake. "This is not a McDonald's image and it's not in ... «CNNMoney, Oct 14»
'Pink slime' is back and headed for your burger
The maker of the beef product dubbed "pink slime" by critics is reopening a plant that it shut in the face of bad publicity two years ago. Beef Products Inc. makes a ... «CNNMoney, Aug 14»
5 food writers subpoenaed in 'pink slime' lawsuit
They say BPI might not like the phrase pink slime, but like all ground beef, it's pink ... and food blogger that has ever said anything about pink slime," Simon said. «Fox News, Jul 14»
'Pink Slime' Is Making A Comeback. Do You Have A Beef With That?
Two years ago, beef processors cut back sharply on producing what they call "lean, finely textured beef" after the nasty nickname for it, "pink slime," caught on in ... «NPR, Jun 14»
Pink slime is having a comeback
Pink slime never went away completely, but supermarkets and other food stores ordered less products with pink slime as an ingredient. Cargill and Beef ... «Fox News, May 14»
'Pink Slime' Lawsuit Against ABC Allowed To Proceed
They said BPI might not like the phrase pink slime, but like all ground beef, ... They said the term pink slime is not incorrect and the company doesn't get to ... «Huffington Post, May 14»
On the scene: 2014 Kids' Choice Awards brings Nickelodeon stars …
Greer Grammer from MTV's Awkward said there was a tie between Wahlberg and wrestler John Cena at the top of her slime wishlist. The WWE star got another ... «Entertainment Weekly, Mar 14»
'Pink slime' lawsuit moves forward: Could ABC News be held liable …
For many Americans, ABC News's 'pink slime' report was the kind of hard-hitting public interest piece that changes rules and punishes bad actors. But to critics, it ... «Christian Science Monitor, Mar 14»
