Lyme

name, noun, verb, slang

name, noun, verb, slang ·1 syllable ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun

1
Lyme disease. informal, uncountable
"Statewide there was a 16 percent increase in Lyme cases from 7,543 in 2016 to 8,720 last year."

Verb

1
to hang out (to spend time doing nothing in particular) Jamaica, slang
"But everyday,^([sic]) while all of this was going on, there'd be some lyming (hanging out)—and this is how the spirit of the music was absorbed, how apprentices both learned and caught on."

Proper Noun

1
A town in New London County, Connecticut, United States.
2
A solution stack consisting of the Linux operating system, Yaws web server, Mnesia database, and Erlang programming language.
3
A town in Grafton County, New Hampshire, United States.
4
A town in Jefferson County, New York, United States.
5
Synonym of Forest of Lyme, mainly in Staffordshire, England

Synonyms

england forest of lyme mainly in staffordshire

Example

"Lyme disease is an infection transmitted by ticks."

Etymology

All three towns are named after Lyme Regis in Dorset, England.

Related phrases

Forest of Lyme Lyme Bay Lyme Regis Lyme disease Newcastle-under-Lyme Old Lyme hang out lyme disease new hampshire new york

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