FromMiddle English lyme lym lime Old English līm Proto-West Germanic *līm Proto-Germanic *līmaz Proto-Indo-European *h₂leyH- ( “ to smear ” ) .
Cognate withSaterland Frisian Liem ( “ glue ” ) ,Dutch lijm German Leim ( “ glue ” ) ,Danish lim Old Norse lím Latin limus ( “ mud ” ) .
lime (countable anduncountable plural limes
( chemistry ) inorganic material containingcalcium , usually calcium oxide (quicklime ) or calcium hydroxide (slaked lime ).1952 Building in England , page149 :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.
( poetic ) gluey or adhesive substance thattraps or captures; sometimes a synonym forbirdlime .1610–1611 (date written)William Shakespeare , “The Tempest ”, inMr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies [ … ] (First Folio ), London: [ … ] Isaac Iaggard , andEd[ ward] Blount , published1623 ,→OCLC [ Act IV, scene i] :Monster, come, put somelime upon your fingers, and away with the rest.
1835 William Wordsworth ,They called Thee Merry England, in old time[ first line of unnamed poem] :Like thelime which foolish birds are caught with.
( theater ) limelight ; anyspotlight .1980 Peter Sellers: The Mask Behind the Mask , page30 :Sellers moved on until he was actually trusted to operate thelimes , the spotlights that can make or destroy an artist's act.
2018 Twists and Turns: 13 Tales of the Uneasy , page121 :Then out of the blue, a spotlight much like the “limes ” in a theatre, lit up what seemed like a Punch and Judy tent[ …] limes , stepped Uncle Jolly.
terms derived from lime (alkali substance)
inorganic material containing calcium
gluey or adhesive substance used to trap or capture
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lime (third-person singular simple present limes present participle liming simple past and past participle limed
( transitive ) treat withcalcium hydroxide orcalcium oxide (lime).( transitive ) smear withbirdlime .( rare ) ensnare , catch,entrap .1598–1599 William Shakespeare , “Much Adoe about Nothing ”, inMr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies [ … ] (First Folio ), London: [ … ] Isaac Iaggard , andEd[ ward] Blount , published1623 ,→OCLC [ Act III, scene i] :URSULA. She'slim'd , I warrant you: we have caught her, madam.haps : 1891 Thomas Hardy ,Tess of the d'Urbervilles 39 :Abraham, like his parents, seemed to have beenlimed and caught by the ensnaring inn.
( transitive ) limewash .
Avenue oflimes ( Tilia ) in Prague. Lime (17th c.) andline lind Middle English lynde Old English lind Proto-Germanic *lindijō -d- perhaps beforetree -m- before labials as inbark wood Doublet oflinden
lime (countable anduncountable plural limes
Adeciduous tree of thegenus Tilia Tilia ×europaea linden tree.1828 Thomas Keightley ,The Fairy Mythology , volume I, London: William Harrison Ainsworth, page158 :The linden orlime tree is the favourite haunt of the Elves and cognate beings; and it is not safe to be near it after sunset.
1871 George Eliot [pseudonym; Mary Ann Evans], chapter III, inMiddlemarch [ … ] William Blackwood and Sons ,→OCLC page38 :But there was nothing of an ascetic's expression in her bright full eyes, as she looked before her, not consciously seeing, but absorbing into the intensity of her mood, the solemn glory of the afternoon with its long swathes of light between the far-off rows oflimes , whose shadows touched each other.
Thewood of this tree. This tree (the linden) is unrelated to the citrus tree calledlime Etymology 3 below). Both are trees withfragrant flowers , but the linden is moretemperate , while the citrus is moretropical and subtropical. Outside Europe and adjoining parts of Asia, the citrus sense is much more common. terms derived from noun lime (tree)
A lime. FromFrench lime Spanish lima Arabic لِيمَة ( līma ) , fromPersian لیمو ( limu ) .Doublet oflemon
lime (countable anduncountable plural limes
Any of severalgreen citrusfruit , somewhat smaller and sharper-tasting than alemon . Any of thetrees that bear limes, especiallyKey lime ,Citrus aurantiifolia ( uncountable ) brilliant , sometimesyellowish , greencolours associated with the fruits of a lime tree.Synonym: lime green ( broadly synonymous, precisely hyponymous) lime:
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A particular one of those colours that has beenstandardized under this name,at least in some organizations' standards.lime:
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( fandom slang ) fan fiction story which containssexual references, but stops short offull ,explicit descriptions of sexual activity (coined by analogy withlemon 1998 June 8, Gary Kleppe, “[ Ranma] [ Fanfic] Tangled Web”, inrec.arts.anime.creative [1] Usenet ):WARNING: This is alime . While it does not show explicit sex, as a lemon would, references to sexual situations abound.
1998 December 29, jiml...@earthlink.net, “[ EVA] [ FanFic] [ Lemon] Garden of EVA 0:6x - Wet Dreams Bite!”, inrec.arts.anime.creative [2] Usenet ):Even with all the sex in Garden of EVA, I still think the main stories are better for just being the lemon-scentedlimes that they are.
2001 November 27, Schemer, “[ Ranma/SF] [ FanFic] A Learning Experience - Chapter 01”, inrec.arts.anime.creative [3] Usenet ):I have no intention of writing any lemon scenes,limes are possibilities but unlikely and if they occur they will be few in number.
The citrus is unrelated to thelinden tree, which often goes by the same name (seeEtymology 2 above). Both are trees withfragrant flowers , but the linden is moretemperate , while the citrus is moretropical and subtropical. Outside Europe and adjoining parts of Asia, the citrus sense is much more common. terms derived fromlime ("Citrus ")
green citrus fruit
Afrikaans:lemmetjie Arabic:لَيْم m ( laym ) ,بَنْزَهِير m ( banzahīr ) Egyptian Arabic:(pleaseverify ) لمون m pl ( lamōn ) (pleaseverify ) لمون بنزهير m pl ( lamōn banzahīr ) (pleaseverify ) ليم m pl ( līm ) (pleaseverify ) لمون اخضر m ( lamōn aḵḍar ) Hijazi Arabic:بنزهير m ( banzahēr ) ,ليم m ( līm ) Assyrian Neo-Aramaic:ܠܲܝܡܵܐ m ( layma ) Asturian:llima (ast) f Belarusian:лайм m ( lajm ) Belizean Creole:laim Brunei Malay:limau nipis Bulgarian:лайм m ( lajm ) Burmese:သံပရာ (my) ( sampa.ra ) Catalan:llima (ca) f Chinese:Cantonese:青檸 / 青柠 ( ceng1 ning4-2 ) Mandarin:萊檬 / 莱檬 (zh) ( láiméng ) ,萊姆 / 莱姆 (zh) ( láimǔ ) ,酸橙 (zh) ( suānchéng ) ,青檸 / 青柠 (zh) ( qīngníng ) Cornish:limaval m Czech:limetka (cs) f limeta f Danish:lime (da) Dutch:limoen (nl) f East Frisian Low Saxon:liimäet f Esperanto:limeo Finnish:limetti (fi) ,lime (fi) French:lime (fr) f limette (fr) f citron vert (fr) m Georgian:ლაიმი ( laimi ) German:Limone (de) f Limette (de) f Greek:μοσχολέμονο (el) n ( moscholémono ) Hebrew:(pleaseverify ) ליים (he) ( laim ) Hungarian:zöldcitrom (hu) Icelandic:límóna (is) f súraldin n Indonesian:(pleaseverify ) nipis (id) Irish:líoma m Italian:lime (it) m lima (it) f limetta (it) f Japanese:ライム (ja) ( raimu ) Kannada:ಲಿಂಬೆ ( limbe ) Khmer:ក្រូចឆ្មារ (km) ( krouc chmaa ) Korean:라임 ( raim ) Lao:ຫມາກນາວ ( māk nāo ) Latvian:laims m Lithuanian:žalioji citrina f laimas m Macedonian:лиме́та f ( liméta ) Malay:(pleaseverify ) limau nipis (ms) Malayalam:ചെറുനാരങ്ങ ( ceṟunāraṅṅa ) Maltese:(pleaseverify ) lumiċell Nahuatl:limaxōcotl Navajo:chʼil dootłʼizhí díkʼǫ́zhígíí Nepali:कागती (ne) ( kāgatī ) Norwegian:Bokmål:lime (no) m Nynorsk:lime m Polish:lima (pl) f limeta f limonka (pl) f Portuguese:lima (pt) f ( European Portuguese ) ,limão (pt) ( Brazilian Portuguese ) Romanian:limetă f lămâie verde f Russian:лайм (ru) m ( lajm ) ,ла́йма f ( lájma ) ,зелёный лимо́н m ( zeljónyj limón ) Sanskrit:निम्बू (sa) m ( nimbū ) Serbo-Croatian:Cyrillic:лимета f Roman:limeta (sh) f Shan:မၢၵ်ႇၽႃႈ ( màak phāa ) Sinhalese:දෙහි ( dehi ) Slovene:limeta f Spanish:lima (es) f limón (es) m ( Mexico ) Sundanese:(pleaseverify ) limo (su) Swahili:ndimu (sw) ,dimu Swedish:lime (sv) c Thai:มะนาว (th) ( má-naao ) Turkish:lim (tr) ,misket limonu (tr) Ukrainian:лайм m ( lajm ) Vietnamese:chanh (vi) Welsh:leim (cy) m or f West Frisian:lemoen c Winnebago:wažązi teek coo
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terms of interest for lime (noun) fruit and color
lime (notcomparable )
Containing lime or limejuice . Having thearoma orflavor of lime. Lime-green .containing lime or lime juice
having the aroma or taste of lime
Either aback-formation oflimer limey
lime (third-person singular simple present limes present participle liming simple past and past participle limed
( Caribbean , Barbados , Trinidad and Tobago , informal ) hang out orsocialize in an informal, relaxed environment, especially with friends, for example at a party or on the beach.lime (plural limes
( Caribbean , Trinidad & Tobago) lime (plural limes
Alternative form oflyam ( “ a leash ” ) .Inherited fromProto-Malayo-Polynesian *lima
lime
five FromEnglish lime
lime c singular definite limen plural indefinite lime or limes
lime ( fruit ) From the nounlim ( “ glue ” ) .
lime (imperative lim infinitive atlime ,present tense limer past tense limede perfect tense harlimet )
toglue lime
five FromEnglish lime
IPA (key ) : /ˈlime/ ,[ˈlime̞] IPA (key ) : /ˈlɑi̯m/ ,[ˈlɑ̝i̯m] Rhymes:-ime Syllabification(key ) :li‧me Hyphenation(key ) :li‧me lime
( proscribed ) lime ( citrus tree and its fruit ) Synonym: limetti lime orlemon juice as part of acocktail FromLatin līma
lime f plural limes
file (tool)Borrowed fromSpanish lima Arabic لِيمَة ( līma ) .
lime f plural limes
( Belgium , Canada ) lime ( fruit, tree ) Synonym: limette lime
inflection oflimar first / third-person singular present subjunctive third-person singular imperative lime f pl
plural oflima Borrowed fromEnglish lime
lime m usuallyinvariable ,plural ( rare ) limi
lime (Thisetymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at theEtymology scriptorium .)
IPA (key ) : /ˈlaɪm/ Hyphenation:lime lime plural lime dem ,quantified lime )
lime ( small green citrus fruit ) It sour like lime. ―It's as sour as a lime. When the virus get drastic, mi a guh draw fi mi garlic and lime. When the virus gets worse, I'm going to start taking garlic and lime. hangout ,get-together ( social gathering ) lime
hang out dawdle ,idle līme
vocative singular oflīmus lime
alternative form oflym ( “ quicklime ” ) lime
alternative form oflyme ( “ limb ” ) FromPersian لیمو ( limu ) , viaArabic لِيمَة ( līma ) ,Spanish lima English lime
lime m definite singular limen indefinite plural limer definite plural limene
alime ( citrus fruit ) FromOld Norse líma
lime (imperative lim present tense limer passive limes simple past lima or limet or limte past participle lima or limet or limt present participle limende
toglue orpaste (something) “lime” inThe Bokmål Dictionary .FromOld Norse líma
lime (present tense limer past tense limde /limte past participle limt passive infinitive limast present participle limande imperative lim
( transitive ) glue ein oppskorenlime Borrowed fromEnglish lime Persian لیمو ( limu ) , viaArabic لِيمَة ( līma ) .
lime m definite singular limen indefinite plural limar definite plural limane
( citrus fruit ) lime ( usually uncountable ) lime juice ein sopelime FromOld Norse lími
lime m definite singular limen indefinite plural limar definite plural limane
abesom ,broom Synonyms: kvast sovl “lime” inThe Nynorsk Dictionary .
lime
dative singular oflim līme
dative singular oflīm lime
inflection oflimar first / third-person singular present subjunctive third-person singular imperative IPA (key ) : /ˈlime/ [ˈli.me] Rhymes:-ime Syllabification:li‧me lime
inflection oflimar first / third-person singular present subjunctive third-person singular imperative en lime enlime klyfta lime wedge] Borrowed fromEnglish lime
lime c
alime Synonym: limefrukt Pressa i saften från enlime Squeeze in the juice of [from] alime lime juice Synonym: limejuice lime
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