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Lime
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- 1 Containing lime or lime juice. not-comparable
- 2 Having the aroma or flavor of lime. not-comparable
- 3 Lime-green. not-comparable
- 1 Any inorganic material containing calcium, usually calcium oxide (quicklime) or calcium hydroxide (slaked lime). countable, uncountable
"Lime, which is the product of the burning of chalk or limestone, might be bought ready burnt, or it could be burnt in kilns specially constructed in the neighbourhood of the building operations."
- 2 A deciduous tree of the genus Tilia, especially Tilia × europaea; the linden tree. countable, uncountable
"The linden or lime tree is the favourite haunt of the Elves and cognate beings; and it is not safe to be near it after sunset."
- 3 Any of several green citrus fruit, somewhat smaller and sharper-tasting than a lemon. countable, uncountable
- 4 A casual gathering to socialize. Caribbean
- 5 Alternative form of lyam (“a leash”). alt-of, alternative
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- 6 the green acidic fruit of any of various lime trees wordnet
- 7 Any gluey or adhesive substance that traps or captures; sometimes a synonym for birdlime. countable, poetic, uncountable
"Monster, come, put some lime upon your fingers, and away with the rest."
- 8 The wood of this tree. countable, uncountable
- 9 Any of the trees that bear limes, especially Key lime, Citrus aurantiifolia. countable, uncountable
- 10 any of various deciduous trees of the genus Tilia with heart-shaped leaves and drooping cymose clusters of yellowish often fragrant flowers; several yield valuable timber wordnet
- 11 A limelight; any spotlight. countable, uncountable
"Sellers moved on until he was actually trusted to operate the limes, the spotlights that can make or destroy an artist's act."
- 12 Any of several brilliant, sometimes yellowish, green colours associated with the fruits of a lime tree. uncountable
- 13 any of various related trees bearing limes wordnet
- 14 Any of several brilliant, sometimes yellowish, green colours associated with the fruits of a lime tree.; A particular one of those colours that has been standardized under this name, at least in some organizations' standards. countable, uncountable
- 15 a sticky adhesive that is smeared on small branches to capture small birds wordnet
- 16 A fan fiction story which contains sexual references, but stops short of full, explicit descriptions of sexual activity (coined by analogy with lemon). countable, slang, uncountable
"WARNING: This is a lime. While it does not show explicit sex, as a lemon would, references to sexual situations abound."
- 17 a white crystalline oxide used in the production of calcium hydroxide wordnet
- 18 a caustic substance produced by heating limestone wordnet
- 1 To treat with calcium hydroxide or calcium oxide (lime). transitive
"If I were you, I'd lime."
- 2 To hang out or socialize in an informal, relaxed environment, especially with friends, for example at a party or on the beach. Barbados, Caribbean, Trinidad-and-Tobago, informal
- 3 cover with lime so as to induce growth wordnet
- 4 To smear with birdlime. transitive
- 5 spread birdlime on branches to catch birds wordnet
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- 6 To smear with birdlime.; To ensnare, catch, entrap. rare, transitive
"URSULA. She's lim'd, I warrant you: we have caught her, madam. HERO. If it prove so, then loving goes by haps: Some Cupid kills with arrows, some with traps."
- 7 To apply limewash. transitive
Etymology
From Middle English lyme, lym, lime, from Old English līm, from Proto-West Germanic *līm, from Proto-Germanic *līmaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂leyH- (“to smear”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian Liem (“glue”), Dutch lijm, German Leim (“glue”), Danish lim (from Old Norse lím), Latin limus (“mud”).
From Middle English lyme, lym, lime, from Old English līm, from Proto-West Germanic *līm, from Proto-Germanic *līmaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂leyH- (“to smear”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian Liem (“glue”), Dutch lijm, German Leim (“glue”), Danish lim (from Old Norse lím), Latin limus (“mud”).
Lime (17th c.) and line (16th c.) are alterations of obsolete lind, from Middle English lynde, from Old English lind, from Proto-Germanic *lindijō. The phonetic development is unusual, but it has been suggested that it began in compounds (loss of -d- perhaps before tree, the change to -m- before labials as in bark or wood). Doublet of linden, which see.
From French lime, from Spanish lima, from Arabic لِيمَة (līma), from Persian لیمو (limu). Doublet of lemon.
From French lime, from Spanish lima, from Arabic لِيمَة (līma), from Persian لیمو (limu). Doublet of lemon.
Either a back-formation of limer or from the derogatory term limey, a term first given to British soldiers but also used by Trinidadians for American soldiers who used to hang out idle in Port of Spain during World War 2.
Either a back-formation of limer or from the derogatory term limey, a term first given to British soldiers but also used by Trinidadians for American soldiers who used to hang out idle in Port of Spain during World War 2.
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