sludge

noun · verbA2

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Danh từ

noun

Plural noun:

sludgesslutch

1.
(countable, uncountable)Solids separated from suspension in a liquid.
2.
(countable, uncountable)A residual semi-solid material left from industrial, water treatment, or wastewater treatment processes.
3.
(countable, uncountable)A sediment of accumulated minerals in a steam boiler.
4.
(countable, uncountable)A mass of small pieces of ice on the surface of a water body.
5.
(abbreviation, alt of, ellipsis, uncountable)(uncountable, music) Ellipsis of sludge metal.
6.
(countable, uncountable)(behavioral science) Institutional policies that introduce tedium and inefficiency in processes.

Động từ

verb

V_es/s

sludges

V_ing/Gerund

sludging

V_ed/pp

sludgedslutch

1.
(informal, intransitive)To slump or slouch.
2.
(intransitive)To slop or drip slowly.

Từ liên quan

Đồng nghĩa

mire mud ooze slushseparated solids mire, mud, ooze, slush

Cùng gốc / liên quan

antisludgebiosludgedesludgemudgesludgelikesludgemakersludger sludgyactivated sludgeoil sludgesludgecoresludge metalbiliary sludgesludge acidsludge holesludge outprimordial sludge

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Nguồn gốc từ

From Middle English slugge, sluche (mud, mire), probably an alteration of sliche, slicche ("mud, slush, tar"; whence Modern slitch), from Old English *sliċ, from *sliki, *slīk, from Proto-Germanic *slikiz, *slīką (mud, slush). Cognate with slijk, Schlick. Compare also slush.