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.
"The hikers stepped cautiously through the thick slime covering the forest floor after the heavy rain turned the clay into sticky mud."
To coat with slime.
"The garden hose sprayed so much water that it began to slime my clean shoes in seconds."