1. lime(n = noun.substance) calcium hydrate, calcium hydroxide, caustic lime, hydrated lime, lime hydrate, slaked lime - a caustic substance produced by heating limestone;
is a kind of hydrated oxide, hydroxide
Derived form verb lime2
2. lime(n = noun.substance) burnt lime, calcined lime, calcium oxide, calx, fluxing lime, quicklime, unslaked lime - a white crystalline oxide used in the production of calcium hydroxide;
is a kind of oxide
Derived form verb lime2
3. lime(n = noun.substance) birdlime - a sticky adhesive that is smeared on small branches to capture small birds;
is a kind of adhesive, adhesive agent, adhesive material
Derived form verb lime1
4. lime(n = noun.plant) citrus aurantifolia, lime tree - any of various related trees bearing limes;
is a kind of citrus, citrus tree
has parts: lime
is a member of genus citrus
5. lime(n = noun.plant) basswood, lime tree, linden, linden tree - 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;
is a kind of tree
is a member of genus tilia, tilia
has particulars: american basswood, american lime, tilia americana, small-leaved lime, small-leaved linden, tilia cordata, cottonwood, tilia heterophylla, white basswood, japanese lime, japanese linden, tilia japonica, silver lime, silver linden, tilia tomentosa
6. lime(n = noun.food) - the green acidic fruit of any of various lime trees;
is a kind of citrous fruit, citrus, citrus fruit
is a part of citrus aurantifolia, lime, lime tree
has particulars: key lime
1. lime(v = verb.motion) birdlime - spread birdlime on branches to catch birds;
is one way to scatter, spread, spread out
Derived form noun lime3
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s something PP
2. lime(v = verb.contact) - cover with lime so as to induce growth; "lime the lawn"
is one way to cover
Derived forms noun lime2, noun lime1
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
A thong by which a dog is led; a leash. Halliwell. [1913 Webster]
The linden tree. See Linden. [1913 Webster]
1. The fruit of the
"The term
2. The color of the lime{1}, a yellowish-green. [PJC]
1. Birdlime. [1913 Webster]
"Like the lime
That foolish birds are caught with." [1913 Webster]
2. Oxide of calcium,
" Lime is the principal constituent of limestone, marble, chalk, bones, shells, etc." [1913 Webster]
1. To smear with a viscous substance, as birdlime. [1913 Webster]
"These twigs, in time, will come to be limed." [1913 Webster]
2. To entangle; to insnare. [1913 Webster]
"We had limed ourselves
With open eyes, and we must take the chance." [1913 Webster]
3. To treat with lime, or oxide or hydrate of calcium; to manure with lime; as, to lime hides for removing the hair; to lime sails in order to whiten them; to lime the lawn to decrease acidity of the soil. [1913 Webster]
"Land may be improved by draining, marling, and liming." [1913 Webster]
4. To cement. Shak.
having a yellowish-green color like that of the lime (the fruit). [PJC]
lime, n. & v.
--n.
1 (in full quicklime) a white caustic alkaline substance (calcium oxide) obtained by heating limestone and used for making mortar or as a fertilizer or bleach etc.
2 = BIRDLIME.
--v.tr.
1 treat (wood, skins, land, etc.) with lime.
2 archaic catch (a bird etc.) with birdlime.
Idiom:
lime water an aqueous solution of calcium hydroxide used esp. to detect the presence of carbon dioxide.
Derivative:
limeless adj. limy adj. (limier, limiest).
lime, n.
1 a a round citrus fruit like a lemon but greener, smaller, and more acid. b the tree, Citrus aurantifolia, bearing this.
2 (in full lime-juice) the juice of limes as a drink and formerly esp. as a cure for scurvy.
3 (in full lime-green) a pale green colour like a lime.
lime, n.
1 (in full lime-tree) any ornamental tree of the genus Tilia, esp. T. europaea with heart-shaped leaves and fragrant yellow blossom. Also called LINDEN.
2 the wood of this.
Etymology:
alt. of line = OE lind = LINDEN
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