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单词 sludgy
释义

sludge

noun

ˈsləj How to pronounce sludge (audio)
1
: mud, mire
especially : a muddy deposit (as on a riverbed) : ooze
2
: a muddy or slushy mass, deposit, or sediment: such as
a
: precipitated solid matter produced by water and sewage treatment processes
b
: muddy sediment in a steam boiler
c
: a precipitate or settling (such as a mixture of impurities and acid) from a mineral oil
3
: slush sense 5
sludgy
ˈslə-jē How to pronounce sludge (audio)
adjective

Synonyms

  • guck
  • gook
  • mire
  • muck
  • mud
  • ooze
  • slime
  • slop
  • slush
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Example Sentences

after a day of heavy rain, the fairgrounds had turned into pure sludge I can't bring myself to read that sludge.
Recent Examples on the Web It’s like a sculptural salvage-job after trawling through a sludge of ocean detritus — festive streamers recovered from waste. Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 22 Aug. 2022 Instead of paying for nitrogen and other crop-stimulating nutrients, Dettmering began welcoming truckloads of sewage sludge — a byproduct of human and industrial waste from Chicago and the Cook County suburbs. Chicago Tribune Staff, Chicago Tribune, 1 Aug. 2022 Only the Greater Los Angeles area distributed more sludge to farmers during the period. Michael Hawthorne, Chicago Tribune, 31 July 2022 Cut to a giant dragon belching devastating sludge onto a battlefield. Nick Romano, EW.com, 21 July 2022 The star shared the news alongside the track’s abstract cover art, which features Lovato sitting at the base of a circular opening, as black sludge spills out. Rania Aniftos, Billboard, 29 June 2022 In that plant, too, biosolids have overwhelmed the sewage treatment process, forcing workers to relocate sludge to a separate facility. Christine Condon, Baltimore Sun, 22 June 2022 Fifteen years or so ago, when the fjord was toxic sludge, these floating saunas would have been madness. James Stewart, Robb Report, 23 Apr. 2022 In 2005, residents of Tamaqua Borough, in eastern Pennsylvania, were fighting a plan to dump toxic sludge in an open pit in town. Elizabeth Kolbert, The New Yorker, 11 Apr. 2022 See More

Word History

Etymology

Middle English slugge, perhaps alteration of slicche mud, slush; akin to Old High German slīh mire

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Kids Definition

sludge

noun

ˈsləj How to pronounce sludge (audio)
: a soft muddy mass resulting from sewage treatment

Medical Definition

sludge 1 of 2

noun

ˈsləj How to pronounce sludge (audio)
: a semisolid precipitated mass or deposit
biliary sludge
especially : sludged blood

sludge

2 of 2

intransitive verb

sludged; sludging
: to form sludge
positions that cause blood to sludge L. K. Altman

sludgy

adjective

as in muddy
full of or covered with soft wet earth a sludgy riverbed

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • muddy
  • slimy
  • mucky
  • filthy
  • slushy
  • oozy
  • silty
  • miry
  • clayey
  • dirty
  • loamy
  • grimy
  • stained
  • grungy
  • soiled
  • gunky
  • grubby
  • roily
  • impure
  • befouled
  • bedraggled
  • grotty
  • sullied
  • squalid
  • unclean
  • cruddy
  • begrimed
  • foul
  • smutty
  • uncleanly

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • pristine
  • sparkling
  • clean
  • antiseptic
  • immaculate
  • unsoiled
  • spotless
  • unsullied
  • unstained
  • cleanly
  • spic-and-span
  • squeaky-clean
  • spick-and-span
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