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sludge
/slʌd͡ʒ/
noun 6verb 2
Collocations
4ADJ.
brown, delicious, thick, toxic, useless
VERB + SLUDGE
stepped
PREP.
in, out
ADV.
mostly
Definitions
noun
1
Solids separated from suspension in a liquid.
Floods in northern India, mostly in the small state of Uttarakhand, have wrought disaster on an enormous scale.[…]Rock-filled torrents smashed vehicles and homes, burying victims under rubble and sludge.
2
A residual semi-solid material left from industrial, water treatment, or wastewater treatment processes.
3
A sediment of accumulated minerals in a steam boiler.
4
A mass of small pieces of ice on the surface of a water body.
5
Ellipsis of sludge metal.
verb
1
To slump or slouch.
2
To slop or drip slowly.
noun
1
An acronym used to help remember the common symptoms of certain affections of a cholinergic toxidrome: salivation, lacrimation, urination, defecation, gastrointestinal upset, emesis.
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Floods in northern India, mostly in the small state of Uttarakhand, have wrought disaster on an enormous scale.[…]Rock-filled torrents smashed vehicles and homes, burying victims under rubble and slud
Wiktionary02
In the 2008 best seller Nudge, the legal scholar Cass R. Sunstein and the economist Richard H. Thaler marshaled behavioral-science research to show how small tweaks could help us make better choices.
Wiktionary03
I stepped in the sludge.
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I can't imagine anything would grow in that toxic sludge.
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Thick sludge bubbled out of a factory pipe into the nearby creek.
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TikTok is a sludge of mostly useless content.
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