sludge

sludge  (slj)

n.

1. Semisolid material such as the type precipitated by sewage treatment.

2. Mud, mire, or ooze covering the ground or forming a deposit, as on a riverbed.

3. Finely broken or half-formed ice on a body of water, especially the sea.

4. An agglutination or aggregation of blood cells forming a semisolid mass that often impedes circulation.

intr.v. sludged, sludg·ing, sludg·es

To agglutinate or aggregate into a semisolid mass; form a sludge. Used of blood cells.

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[Perhaps alteration of dialectal slutch, mire.]

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sludgy adj.

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sludge

Noun

1. soft mud or snow

2. any muddy or slushy sediment

3. sewage [probably related to slush]

sludgy adj

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	sludge - the precipitate produced by sewage treatment precipitate - a precipitated solid substance in suspension or after settling or filtering
	2.	sludge - any thick, viscous matter             goo, gook, goop, guck, gunk, muck, ooze, slime matter - that which has mass and occupies space; "physicists study both the nature of matter and the forces which govern it" sapropel - sludge (rich in organic matter) that accumulates at the bottom of lakes or oceans

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sludge

noun sediment, ooze, silt, mud, muck, residue, slop, mire, slime, slush, slob Irish dregs, gloop (informal)

Translations

sludge [slʌdʒ] n → lodo, fango

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sludge [slʌdʒ] n → boue f

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sludge [slʌdʒ] n → Schlamm m

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sludge [slʌdʒ] n → fanghiglia

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sludge

n sludge [sladʒ]

soft, slimy mud, grease or other matter which settles at the bottom of a liquid The river-bed is covered with thick sludge. slyk أوْحال وقاذورات утайка bahno slam der Schlamm βούρκος fango, lodo muda لجن muta boue בּוֹץ שַמנוּנִי कीचड़, पंक blato, mulj iszap endapan leðja, eðja fango, melma 汚泥 개흙 dumblas, nuosėdos dubļi; nogulsnes; dūņas selut slijk gjørme, bunnfall, slam muł, osad lama noroi грязь, осадок bahno usedlina mulj dy, gyttja, []slam โคลน cıvık çamur 淤泥 густа грязь, мул چکنی پھسلواں مٹی یا دلدل bùn quánh 淤泥