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sludgy

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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.
[Perhaps alteration of dialectal slutch, mire.]
sludgy adj.
sludgy [ˈslʌdʒɪ]
adj -ier, -iest
consisting of, containing, or like sludge
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