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lime 1 L0172400 (līm) n. 1. Any of several evergreen trees or shrubs of the genus Citrus having edible green or greenish-yellow fruit, especially the Mexican lime and the Persian lime. 2. The fruit of any of these plants, having a pulpy interior and usually acid juice.
[French, from Spanish lima, from Arabic līma, from Persian līmū, lemon, any of various citrus fruits; akin to Hindi nimbū and Gujarati lību, lime, of Austroasiatic origin; akin to Mundari (Munda language of Jharkhand, India) lembu.]
lime 2 L0172400 (līm)n. See linden.
[Alteration of Middle English lind, line, from Old English lind.]
lime 3 L0172400 (līm)n.1. a. See calcium oxide.b. Any of various mineral and industrial forms of calcium oxide differing chiefly in water content and percentage of constituents such as magnesia, silica, alumina, and iron.2. Birdlime.tr.v. limed, lim·ing, limes 1. To treat with lime.2. To smear with birdlime.3. To catch or snare with or as if with birdlime.
[Middle English lim, from Old English līm, birdlime; see lei- in Indo-European roots.]
lim′y adj.lime (laɪm) n1. (Elements & Compounds) short for quicklime, birdlime, slaked lime2. (Agriculture) agriculture any of certain calcium compounds, esp calcium hydroxide, spread as a dressing on lime-deficient landvb (tr) 3. to spread (twigs, etc) with birdlime4. (Agriculture) to spread a calcium compound upon (land) to improve plant growth5. to catch (animals, esp birds) with or as if with birdlime6. to whitewash or cover (a wall, ceiling, etc) with a mixture of lime and water (limewash)[Old English līm; related to Icelandic līm glue, Latin līmus slime]
lime (laɪm) n1. (Plants) a small Asian citrus tree, Citrus aurantifolia, with stiff sharp spines and small round or oval greenish fruits2. (Plants) a. the fruit of this tree, having acid fleshy pulp rich in vitamin Cb. (as modifier): lime juice. adj (Cookery) having the flavour of lime fruit[C17: from French, from Provençal, from Arabic līmah]
lime (laɪm) n (Plants) any linden tree, such as Tilia europaea, planted in many varieties for ornament[C17: changed from obsolete line, from Old English lind linden]
lime (laɪm) vb (intr) slang Caribbean (of young people) to sit or stand around on the pavement[of unknown origin]lime1 (laɪm)
n., v. limed, lim•ing. n. 1. a white or grayish white, lumpy, very slightly water-soluble solid, CaO, used chiefly in mortars, plasters, and cements, and in the manufacture of steel, paper, glass, and various chemicals of calcium. 2. a calcium compound for improving crops grown in soils deficient in lime. 3. birdlime. v.t. 4. to treat (soil) with lime or compounds of calcium. 5. to smear (twigs, branches, etc.) with birdlime. 6. to catch with or as if with birdlime. 7. to paint or cover (a surface) with a composition of lime and water; whitewash. [before 900; Old English līm, c. Middle Dutch, Old High German, Old Norse līm] lime2 (laɪm)
n. 1. the small, greenish yellow, acid fruit of a citrus tree, Citrus aurantifolia, allied to the lemon. 2. the tree that bears this fruit. 3. a greenish yellow. adj. 4. of the color lime. 5. of or made with limes. [1615–25; < Sp lima < Arabic līmah, līm citrus fruit < Persian līmū(n)] lime3 (laɪm)
n. the European linden, Tilia europaea. [1615–25; unexplained variant of obsolete line, lind, Middle English, Old English lind. See linden] lime (līm) A white, lumpy powder made of calcium oxide (CaO). It is made by heating limestone, bones, or shells, and is used to make glass, paper, steel, and building plaster. It is also added to soil to lower its acidity.lime
Past participle: limed
Gerund: liming
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| I limed | | you limed | | he/she/it limed | | we limed | | you limed | | they limed |
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| I am liming | | you are liming | | he/she/it is liming | | we are liming | | you are liming | | they are liming |
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| I have limed | | you have limed | | he/she/it has limed | | we have limed | | you have limed | | they have limed |
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| I was liming | | you were liming | | he/she/it was liming | | we were liming | | you were liming | | they were liming |
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| I had limed | | you had limed | | he/she/it had limed | | we had limed | | you had limed | | they had limed |
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| I will lime | | you will lime | | he/she/it will lime | | we will lime | | you will lime | | they will lime |
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| I will have limed | | you will have limed | | he/she/it will have limed | | we will have limed | | you will have limed | | they will have limed |
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| I will be liming | | you will be liming | | he/she/it will be liming | | we will be liming | | you will be liming | | they will be liming |
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| I have been liming | | you have been liming | | he/she/it has been liming | | we have been liming | | you have been liming | | they have been liming |
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| I will have been liming | | you will have been liming | | he/she/it will have been liming | | we will have been liming | | you will have been liming | | they will have been liming |
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| I had been liming | | you had been liming | | he/she/it had been liming | | we had been liming | | you had been liming | | they had been liming |
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| I would lime | | you would lime | | he/she/it would lime | | we would lime | | you would lime | | they would lime |
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| I would have limed | | you would have limed | | he/she/it would have limed | | we would have limed | | you would have limed | | they would have limed |
limeCompounds of calcium (mainly calcium carbonate and calcium hydroxide) added to a soil to make it more alkaline.Thesaurus| Noun | 1. |  lime - a caustic substance produced by heating limestonecalcium hydrate, calcium hydroxide, caustic lime, hydrated lime, lime hydrate, slaked limehydrated oxide, hydroxide - a compound of an oxide with water | | 2. | lime - a white crystalline oxide used in the production of calcium hydroxideburnt lime, calcined lime, calcium oxide, calx, fluxing lime, quicklime, unslaked limeatomic number 20, Ca, calcium - a white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light; the fifth most abundant element in the earth's crust; an important component of most plants and animalsoxide - any compound of oxygen with another element or a radical | | 3. |  lime - a sticky adhesive that is smeared on small branches to capture small birdsbirdlimeadhesive, adhesive agent, adhesive material - a substance that unites or bonds surfaces together | | 4. |  lime - any of various related trees bearing limesCitrus aurantifolia, lime treelime - the green acidic fruit of any of various lime treesgenus Citrus - orange; lemon; lime; etc.citrus tree, citrus - any of numerous tropical usually thorny evergreen trees of the genus Citrus having leathery evergreen leaves and widely cultivated for their juicy edible fruits having leathery aromatic rinds | | 5. |  lime - 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 timberlinden tree, basswood, lime tree, lindengenus Tilia, Tilia - deciduous trees with smooth usually silver-grey bark of North America and Europe and Asia: lime trees; lindens; basswoodbasswood, linden - soft light-colored wood of any of various linden trees; used in making crates and boxes and in carving and millworkAmerican basswood, American lime, Tilia americana - large American shade tree with large dark green leaves and rounded crownsmall-leaved lime, small-leaved linden, Tilia cordata - large spreading European linden with small dark green leaves; often cultivated as an ornamentalTilia heterophylla, white basswood, cottonwood - American basswood of the Allegheny regionJapanese lime, Japanese linden, Tilia japonica - medium-sized tree of Japan used as an ornamentalsilver lime, silver linden, Tilia tomentosa - large tree native to eastern Europe and Asia Minor having leaves with white tomentum on the under side; widely cultivated as an ornamentaltree - a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms | | 6. | lime - the green acidic fruit of any of various lime treescitrous fruit, citrus, citrus fruit - any of numerous fruits of the genus Citrus having thick rind and juicy pulp; grown in warm regionskey lime - small yellow-green limes of southern FloridaCitrus aurantifolia, lime tree, lime - any of various related trees bearing limes | | Verb | 1. | lime - spread birdlime on branches to catch birdsbirdlimespread out, scatter, spread - strew or distribute over an area; "He spread fertilizer over the lawn"; "scatter cards across the table" | | 2. | lime - cover with lime so as to induce growth; "lime the lawn"cover - provide with a covering or cause to be covered; "cover her face with a handkerchief"; "cover the child with a blanket"; "cover the grave with flowers" |
Translationslime1 (laim) noun the white substance left after heating limestone, used in making cement. 石灰 石灰ˈlimestone noun a kind of rock. 石灰石 石灰石ˈlimelight: in the limelight attracting the public's attention. 引人注目 引人注目
lime2 (laim) noun1. a type of small, very sour, yellowish-green citrus fruit related to the lemon. 萊姆檸檬 酸橙2. (also adjective) (of) the colour of this fruit. lime walls. 黃綠色 酸橙色的
lime3 (laim) noun a tree with rough bark and small heart-shaped leaves. 歐椴樹 欧椴，酸橙树 lime
in the limelightAt the center of attention. The phrase refers to a type of lamp that was previously used in theatrical stage lighting. My sister loves being in the limelight, but I get really nervous on stage. Once news of this scandal breaks, our company will be in the limelight for months. He handles the financial side of the business, but he prefers not to be in the limelight when it comes to promotions and marketing.See also: limelightlimejuicer1. obsolete A British sailor, so called because of the Royal Navy's practice of adding lime juice to grog in order to combat scurvy. Slightly derogatory. Primarily heard in US. A shipful of limejuicers just arrived into port where they met an icy reception from the locals.2. dated By extension, any British person, especially a man. Slightly derogatory. Primarily heard in US. We don't need some hoity-toity limejuicer coming in telling us how to run our business. Why don't you go back to Brittania, you old limejuicer?in the limelightAlso, in the spotlight. At the center of public attention or notoriety. For example, John loves being in the limelight, or The reporters made sure the attractive new actress would be in the spotlight. Both terms come from the theater and allude to focusing light on an important person, the first from a lighting device used from about 1840 on, the second from the early 1900s. Also see in the public eye; steal the show. See also: limelightlimejuicer and limey n. a British sailor; and British citizen, typically a male. (The first one is old. Both are a little derogatory.) Some limey answered the telephone and I could hardly understand what she was saying. in the limelightIn the center of public attention. The term comes from a vivid lighting device used in theaters from about 1840 on to throw a strong light on the star of a performance. Relying on the combustion of oxygen and hydrogen on a surface of lime and a lens for directing the light, it was invented in 1826 by Thomas Drummond. George Bernard Shaw, in a letter concerning a controversy about censorship (ca. 1900), wrote, “Look after the limelight, and the play will look after itself.” See also: limelightlime
lime, in botany, small shrublike tree (Citrus aurantifolia) of the family Rutaceae (ruerue,
common name for various members of the family Rutaceae, a large group of plants distributed throughout temperate and tropical regions and most abundant in S Africa and Australia. Most species are woody shrubs or small trees; many are evergreen and bear spines.
..... Click the link for more information. family), one of the citrus fruit trees, similar to the lemon but more spreading and irregular in growth. The true lime, a natural hybrid of the citroncitron
, name for a tree (Citrus medica) of the family Rutaceae (orange family), and for its fruit, the earliest of the citrus fruits to be introduced to Europe from Asia.
..... Click the link for more information. and papeda, is native to SE Asia and has been introduced into S Europe, the West Indies, Mexico, Florida, and California. Chief production is in tropical regions of the Old and New World; most true limes in American commerce, often known as Key or Mexican limes, come from Mexico or the West Indies. The lime is the most susceptible to frost injury of all citrus fruits, but some varieties do well in sandy or rocky soils usually unfavorable to citrus. The bright green fruit is smaller than the lemon, more globular, more acid, and with a thinner rind. It has the vitamin value and other properties of the citrus fruitscitrus fruits,
widely used edible fruits of plants belonging to Citrus and related genera of the family Rutaceae (orange family). Included are the tangerine, citrange, tangelo, orange, pomelo, grapefruit, lemon, lime, citron, and kumquat.
..... Click the link for more information. . The juice has long been known as a preventive against scurvy and is one of the main sources of citric acidcitric acid
or 2-hydroxy-1,2,3-propanetricarboxylic acid,
HO2CCH2C(OH)(CO2H)CH2CO2H, an organic carboxylic acid containing three carboxyl groups; it is a solid at room temperature, melts at 153°C;, and
..... Click the link for more information. . The predominant lime in American cuisine is a larger, more mildly flavored, typically seedless cross, C. latifolia, between the true lime and citron, known as a Persian, Tahitian, or Bearss lime, and there are a number of other citrus fruits called limes. The name lime is also applied to the unrelated lindenlinden,
common name for the Tiliaceae, a family of chiefly woody shrubs and trees. Most genera are tropical, but the genus Tilia, commonly called linden, or lime tree, in Europe and Asia and basswood in North America, is found throughout the north temperate zone.
..... Click the link for more information. and sometimes to a species of tupelo, or sour gum, known also as the Ogeechee lime. Limes are classified in the division MagnoliophytaMagnoliophyta
, division of the plant kingdom consisting of those organisms commonly called the flowering plants, or angiosperms. The angiosperms have leaves, stems, and roots, and vascular, or conducting, tissue (xylem and phloem).
..... Click the link for more information. , class Magnoliopsida, order Sapindales, family Rutaceae.
lime: see calcium oxidecalcium oxide,
chemical compound, CaO, a colorless, cubic crystalline or white amorphous substance. It is also called lime, quicklime, or caustic lime, but commercial lime often contains impurities, e.g., silica, iron, alumina, and magnesia.
..... Click the link for more information. .  lime lime(qualities similar to lemon)Lime an arbitrary general term for the products of calcination and subsequent processing of limestone, chalk, and other carbonaceous rocks. The term is usually used for both unslaked lime, CaO, and the product of its reaction with water, slaked lime, Ca(OH)2. Lime is used extensively in construction, metallurgy, and the chemical industry; in the production of sugar, paper, and glass; in agriculture; and for water purification. Other forms of lime are soda lime and bleaching powder. Building lime is a binder. It contains up to 95 percent CaO. It is produced by calcination of natural calcium and magnesium carbonates at 1100°-1300°C in shaft and rotary furnaces. Lime is one of the oldest binders. It was used in a mixture with sand and water as early as 3000–2500 B.C. to bind stones and bricks in various buildings, as well as for making plaster mortars and colored compounds. Under the action of carbon dioxide in the air, such a mixture gradually hardens through the formation of crystalline calcium carbonate and evaporation of water: Ca(OH)2 + CO2 = CaCO3 + H2O In modern construction, lime is used to make mortars and concretes, silica brick and artificial building stone, and blocks. Depending on its chemical composition, a distinction is made between air-hardening lime, which consists primarily of calcium and magnesium oxides, and hydraulic lime, which in addition contains a considerable quantity of silicon, aluminum, and iron oxides. Air-hardening lime makes possible the hardening of mortars and concretes and the retention of strength under air-dry conditions; hydraulic lime provides these properties in both air and water. In construction, a distinction is made between ball and powdered lime; the latter is divided into unslaked ground lime and hydrated lime (calcium hydroxide), which is produced by slaking (hydration) of calcium, magnesian, and dolomitic lime with a small amount of water. Treatment of unslaked lime with excess water gives lime paste. The most promising uses of lime are in the production of silica brick, autoclave silicate-concrete articles and structural members, and mixed lime-slag and lime-pozzolanic binders. REFERENCEVolzhenskii, A. V., Iu. S. Burov, and V.S. Kolokol’nikov. Mineral’nyeviazhushchie veshchestva. Moscow, 1966.lime[līm] (botany) Citrus aurantifolia. A tropical tree with elliptic oblong leaves cultivated for its acid citrus fruit which is a hesperidium. limeA white or grayish-white caustic substance, calcium oxide, usually obtained by heating limestone or marble at a high temperature; used chiefly in plasters, mortars, and cements. In the past, in many areas along the seacoast where limestone was scarce, seashells were heated to obtain lime. See also hydrated lime, hydraulic lime, mortar, shell lime, slaked lime.lime11. any of certain calcium compounds, esp calcium hydroxide, spread as a dressing on lime-deficient land
lime21. a small Asian citrus tree, Citrus aurantifolia, with stiff sharp spines and small round or oval greenish fruits 2. a. the fruit of this tree, having acid fleshy pulp rich in vitamin C b. (as modifier): #5lime juice
lime3 any linden tree, such as Tilia europaea, planted in many varieties for ornament lime
lime [līm] 1. calcium oxide, a corrosively alkaline and caustic earth, CaO; having various industrial uses and also a necessity" >pharmaceutic necessity.2. the acid fruit of Citrus aurantifolia, which contains ascorbic acid.lime (līm), 1. an alkaline earth oxide occurring in grayish white masses (quicklime); on exposure to the atmosphere it becomes converted into calcium hydrate and calcium carbonate (air-slaked lime); direct addition of water to calcium oxide produces calcium hydrate (slaked lime). Synonym(s): calcium oxide, calx (1) 2. Fruit of the lime tree, Citrus medica (family Rutaceae), which is a source of ascorbic acid and acts as an antiscorbutic agent. [O.E. līm, birdlime] lime (līm) 1. An alkaline earth oxide occurring in grayish-white masses (quicklime); on exposure to the atmosphere it becomes converted into calcium hydrate and calcium carbonate (air-slaked lime); direct addition of water to calcium oxide produces calcium hydrate (slaked lime).
Synonym(s): calx (1) . 2. Fruit of the lime tree, Citrus medica, which is a source of ascorbic acid and acts as an antiscorbutic agent. [A.S. līm, birdlime]lime (līm) 1. An alkaline earth oxide occurring in grayish white masses (quicklime); on exposure to the atmosphere it converts into calcium hydrate and calcium carbonate (air-slaked lime); direct addition of water to calcium oxide produces calcium hydrate (slaked lime).
Synonym(s): calx (1) . 2. Fruit of the lime tree, Citrus medica (family Rutaceae), which is a source of ascorbic acid and acts as a therapeutic antiscorbutic agent in treating scurvy. [A.S. līm, birdlime]LIME
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lime
Related to lime: hydrated lime, Lime water, LimeWire, Lime WireSynonyms for limenoun a caustic substance produced by heating limestoneSynonyms- calcium hydrate
- calcium hydroxide
- caustic lime
- hydrated lime
- lime hydrate
- slaked lime
Related Wordsnoun a white crystalline oxide used in the production of calcium hydroxideSynonyms- burnt lime
- calcined lime
- calcium oxide
- calx
- fluxing lime
- quicklime
- unslaked lime
Related Words- atomic number 20
- Ca
- calcium
- oxide
noun a sticky adhesive that is smeared on small branches to capture small birdsSynonymsRelated Words- adhesive
- adhesive agent
- adhesive material
noun any of various related trees bearing limesSynonyms- Citrus aurantifolia
- lime tree
Related Words- lime
- genus Citrus
- citrus tree
- citrus
noun any of various deciduous trees of the genus Tilia with heart-shaped leaves and drooping cymose clusters of yellowish often fragrant flowersSynonyms- linden tree
- basswood
- lime tree
- linden
Related Words- genus Tilia
- Tilia
- basswood
- linden
- American basswood
- American lime
- Tilia americana
- small-leaved lime
- small-leaved linden
- Tilia cordata
- Tilia heterophylla
- white basswood
- cottonwood
- Japanese lime
- Japanese linden
- Tilia japonica
- silver lime
- silver linden
- Tilia tomentosa
- tree
noun the green acidic fruit of any of various lime treesRelated Words- citrous fruit
- citrus
- citrus fruit
- key lime
- Citrus aurantifolia
- lime tree
- lime
verb spread birdlime on branches to catch birdsSynonymsRelated Wordsverb cover with lime so as to induce growthRelated Words |