sludge (redirected from sludges)

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

sludge [slʌdʒ] n → boue f

sludge [slʌdʒ] n → Schlamm m

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.slykأوْحال وقاذوراتутайкаbahnoslamder Schlammβούρκοςfango, lodomudaلجنmutaboueבּוֹץ שַמנוּנִיकीचड़, पंकblato, muljiszapendapanleðja, eðjafango, melma汚泥개흙dumblas, nuosėdosdubļi; nogulsnes; dūņasselutslijkgjørme, bunnfall, slammuł, osadlamanoroiгрязь, осадокbahnousedlinamuljdy, gyttja, []slamโคลนcıvık çamur淤泥густа грязь, мулچکنی پھسلواں مٹی یا دلدلbùn quánh淤泥