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noun lʌɪmlaɪm 1mass noun A white caustic alkaline substance consisting of calcium oxide, which is obtained by heating limestone and which combines with water with the production of much heat; quicklime. Example sentencesExamples - In early times, people roasted limestone to obtain lime (calcium oxide), a base.
- A mixture of bean paste and lime is applied to stencil patterns on the cotton before it is dyed with indigo.
- Calcium oxide, more commonly known as lime or quicklime, has been studied by scholars as far back as the pre-Christian era.
- We have two manufacturing plants which produce high calcium quicklime and hydrated lime products.
- Some contractors rework soft spots in the subgrade material, mixing quicklime (hydrated lime) or fly ash into the material to help dry it out or bind it together.
- Magnesia, quicklime, and nitric acid all seemed promising for a time, but failed.
- Kathleen Jamie should have used quicklime rather than caustic soda to deflesh her gannet's skull, but maggots would have been best.
- If the burning chemical is a powder-like substance such as lime, brush it off the skin before flushing.
- This occurs when finely divided amorphous silica particles combine with available lime to form a calcium silicate hydrate.
- In the laboratory higher concentration ethanol, with less water, can be produced by refluxing the rectified spirit with quicklime and then distilling the alcohol mixture.
- Studies of old vineyard soils in Bordeaux have shown that fertility can be restored by heavy applications of organic matter, lime, phosphorus, and potassium.
- The mineral, carbonate of lime, assumes an immense diversity of characters, though no one doubts that under all these Protean changes it is one and the same thing.
- They used various materials such as lime, copper, silica, iron oxides, and chalk to produce numerous colors.
- All of the water is chemically combined with the quicklime, so the product remains a ‘dry’, free-flowing powder.
- If the hair on the skin were to be removed, urine, quicklime or wood ash was use in solution into which the hide was steeped and then rubbed or left to soak into the wet surface.
- Hydrated slaked lime is slaked quicklime that has reacted with water to form calcium hydroxide.
- He published his first paper in 1816 on caustic lime from Tuscany.
- The pH can be adjusted by adding hydrated lime or caustic soda.
- People made their own containing milk protein, quicklime and earth pigments, and giving a variety of colours from browns to greens.
- By pressing a button on the bottom, water mixes with quicklime, producing a chemical reaction that heats the coffee.
- 1.1 A white alkaline substance consisting of calcium hydroxide, made by adding water to quicklime and used in traditional building methods to make plaster, mortar, and limewash.
Example sentencesExamples - Studies at the Getty Conservation Institute on high-reactivity quicklime have identified the parameters for developing high-quality slaked lime putty to be used in the comparative evaluations.
- It will have to be pretty much to plan, using bricks and lime mortar and proper wooden sashes for the windows.
- Hydrated slaked lime is slaked quicklime that has reacted with water to form calcium hydroxide.
- The first part, using slaked lime, should take about 20-30 minutes, while the second part should not add more than 15 minutes of practical work.
- It's about 800 years old, and still contains traces of lime mortar, indicating it was probably used in the tanning process.
- Rectangular in shape, the Fort, made of lime and mortar, extends to an area of 16,200 square metres.
- The bales are stacked on stone footings and lime plaster will coat the outside walls.
- To cure the problem conservationists have tapped the wisdom of the abbey's ancient builders and are planning to replace the cement with a medieval hydrolic lime mortar mix.
- Weigh shovelsful of lime and cement separately so you can calculate approximate water needs for your mix.
- At the French army's tricolour-splashed Foyer du Soldat, we see the resurrection of cooling lime plaster cremated under cement.
- All repairs to ancient monuments have to be done under official supervision, and then old techniques like lime mortar have to be used.
- A technique that dates back 5,000 years or more, buon fresco - or true fresco - involves the application of five layers of plaster made from a mixture of slaked lime and sand.
- It is almost impossible for molds and bacteria that harm people to grow on lime plaster or on concrete.
- Well-versed in building and building materials, he used a traditional mortar of lime and sand to decorate his small cottage with shells.
- Check whether your building or part of it is constructed with any of the traditional building materials like lime, laterite, granite, wood, mud or the like.
- Colors are fresh and pure and the calcium hydroxide slaked lime into which the fresco is painted lends a reflective brightness unmatched by other painting mediums.
- When quicklime is soaked in water, it is changed to calcium hydroxide or slaked lime.
- Thin slices of the nut, either natural or processed, may be mixed with a variety of substances including slaked lime (calcium hydroxide) and spices such as cardamom, coconut, and saffron.
- Stucco is a siding material made of Portland cement, sand, lime and water.
- Hydrated lime is actually slaked lime that has been dried and repulverized by the manufacturing company and is ready for use.
- 1.2 (in general use) any of a number of calcium compounds, especially calcium hydroxide, used as an additive to soil or water.
Example sentencesExamples - Add lime if the soil's pH is too low; autumn is the best time to apply.
- Ideally, the laboratory testing procedure adopted should emulate site conditions as closely as possible to quantify reactivity of the soil with lime.
- Some vineyards affected by copper toxicity in the Bordeaux area are much reduced in vigour, but the problem can be overcome by adding lime to the soil.
- Less lime is generally required on bottomland, more on hillsides and the most on hilltops.
- In its pure form it is a light, whitish metal; but it is seldom thus seen because it reacts violently with water to form lime (calcium hydroxide).
- In extremely acidic soils some lime may be needed as well.
- Once you have the results of the soil test, you can add nutrients or soil amendments such as lime, as needed.
- Or you may set your plant in sharp sand, and mix some lime with the soil which you replace.
- This can be accomplished by frequently adding small amounts of lime to the soil surface.
- Mix a shovel full of compost, a handful of bone meal, and a little Dolomite lime to the soil which was removed.
- So, it's best to use lime sparingly on soils, especially those with a high Ph (alkaline).
- The durability of the soil - lime specimens was also similarly affected.
- In general, lime does not move downward further than plow depth in an organic soil.
- Additionally, lime enables soils that are not productive to become effective.
- Use lime, if needed, to adjust soil pH and raise calcium levels.
- One thing that they did toward this end was to mix lime into the soil.
- General purpose cement and lime are commonly used in subgrade stabilisation by Australian councils.
- Often, it is determined that the soil needs more lime.
- The level of soluble calcium in lime slurry is significantly increased with the addition of silica fume.
- In general, lime is offered in two different forms - dry and liquid.
verb lʌɪmlaɪm [with object]1Treat (soil or water) with lime to reduce acidity and improve fertility or oxygen levels. they were liming acidified lakes Example sentencesExamples - Soils previously limed heavily for a garden or other crops in the past may need the pH lowered.
- The soil was limed by applying 5 • 5 g CaCO 3 kg - 1 soil.
- The ponds are refilled with seawater and fresh water to produce a salinity of 2-10 ppt and limed to a neutral pH.
- He offers advice on crocus bulbs, liming the roses, putting coffee grounds on the chives.
- Soil is limed in some areas to improve barley growth and productivity on acid soils, but this practice is often economically unfeasible.
- As with calcium, availability of magnesium is also determined largely by soil pH. When soils are adequately limed with high-magnesium limestone, magnesium deficiencies are not likely to occur.
- Avoid spreading urea on land limed less than nine months ago.
- Groundsmen lime the rugger fields for the student young of the great and the good.
- The rest will become available over time, and many nutrients will also become more available when a soil is limed.
- Records show that in Mazabuka, Chibombo and Mumbwa, a large number of farmers confirm that lime usage had improved their yields tremendously.
- Government bodies since the 1950s have pushed landowners and offered subsidies to plough up or lime the heather to allow the spread of grass.
- Fertilizing and liming the area will improve cover conditions as will the construction of a brush pile for additional cover.
- It is at a time like this when farmers should plan to get their fields limed because failure to plan for such important issues that affect their business is definitely preparing to fail-PALISAH
- If the bulbs are planted deeply it is possible to leave them undisturbed for two or three years although acid or neutral soil will have to be limed.
- 1.1often as adjective limed Give (wood) a bleached appearance by treating it with lime.
limed oak dining furniture Example sentencesExamples - There is a good-sized drawing room features a French-style limed oak fireplace and polished wood floor.
- A room currently used as a study, but which could also make a third bedroom, also has a cast-iron fireplace as well as built-in presses and limed tongue-and-groove floorboards.
- The kitchen, to the rear, has limed oak units at ground and eye level, a tiled worktop and splashback.
- On one side, a stone wall has been fully exposed and the white wooden flooring has a limed wash finish.
- The kitchen is fitted with limed oak units, granite-effect worktops and a tiled splashback, as well as a ceramic-tiled floor with underfloor heating.
- Both interconnected reception rooms are decorated in contemporary grey tones and are laid in limed wooden antique floorboards.
- Beds are set on platforms or suspended from ceilings, bathtubs are hewn from blocks of black granite or pale limestone, and the bare wood floorboards are wide, limed and lacquered.
- The kitchen is fitted with handmade limed oak presses, while there is also a breakfast room with access to the back garden. Upstairs are four bedrooms, a bathroom and a separate shower room.
- To the right is a large, galley-style kitchen area with limed oak units, a double oven and hob and a breakfast bar.
2archaic Catch (a bird) with birdlime. the bird that hath been limed in a bush
Derivatives adjectivelimier, limiest ˈlʌɪmiˈlaɪmi Tayside is famed for its raspberries, although no one is sure whether their good taste is due to the climate or the limy soil. Example sentencesExamples - In the garden it likes sun or partial shade and well-drained acid soil - like most Ericas it dislikes being grown in limy conditions.
- The stone that makes up the cliff face is known as limy sandstone, a sedimentary rock.
- Limy soil does not affect the colour of their flowers as it does mopheads (blue mopheads tend to turn pink in limy soils).
- I'm not sure whether my soil is limy or suitable for rhododendrons.
adjective
Origin Old English līm, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch lijm, German Leim, also to loam. lemon from Middle English: The root of lemon and also lime (mid 17th century) is an Arabic word, lim, that was a collective term for citrus fruit. On fruit machines the lemon is the least valuable symbol, and this may be behind the answer is a lemon ‘the response or outcome is unsatisfactory’. Especially in the USA, a lemon may be a substandard or defective car, of the type all too often bought from shady used-car dealers.
Rhymes begrime, Chaim, chime, climb, clime, crime, dime, grime, half-time, I'm, mime, mistime, part-time, prime, rhyme, rime, slime, sublime, sub-prime, thyme, time noun lʌɪmlaɪm 1A rounded citrus fruit similar to a lemon but greener, smaller, and with a distinctive acid flavour. Example sentencesExamples - Orchards carpet the land in parts of California, and oranges, lemons, limes, and other citrus are familiar trees in home gardens.
- Oranges, lemons, limes, mandarins or other citrus fruit from Queensland will be banned from entering any other state or territory, threatening at least $100 million worth of fruit still to be picked in the state.
- Oranges, lemons and limes are particularly high in Vitamin C. Carrots provide vitamin D and spinach is rich in iron.
- The citric acid in lemons or limes has a similar effect, although this is not called ‘cooking’.
- It came on a correctly pre-warmed plate with a baked potato, a selection of steamed vegetables, half a lime and a pepper grinder - no need to ask!
- Finely grate the zest of the limes into a bowl, add the juice of the limes, stir in the condensed milk and then the cream.
- Lemons, limes, and oranges can be frozen whole.
- It worked out great: the lime and salt and pepper gave the beef the kick it needed to fully inflate its potential.
- Surprisingly complex for one so young, delivering flavours of spice, limes, lemons, orange peel and oatmeal, all harmoniously threaded with ripe acidity.
- I have a wooden citrus reamer that I use for small doses of things like limes or lemons and I have a glass juicer handed down to me by my grandmother that I use for larger quantities.
- It is capable of juicing lemons, oranges, limes and grapefruit.
- Meanwhile, cut lemons or limes into wedges, and simmer the olives in a little water to reduce saltiness.
- Citric acid is an organic (carbon based) acid found in nearly all citrus fruits, particularly lemons, limes, and grapefruits.
- The limes add dimensions of flavour beyond tart or citrusy.
- Then we actually make a couple of our own rums, a citrus one in which we soak lemons, limes and oranges.
- If substituting lemons for limes, you need to double the amount to reach the required strength of flavour.
- You'll also need limes, lemons, olives and lots of ice.
- Consider adding whole lemons, limes, oranges, grapefruits and even kumquats to main courses as they cook.
- When you have too many lemons or limes or oranges and some are going to spoil, slice some thinly and then freeze the slices.
- ‘Soda adds the refreshment and the lime adds the citrus twist to counterbalance the honey sweetness,’ Parnell said.
- 1.1mass noun A drink made from or flavoured with lime juice.
Example sentencesExamples - Her favourite drink right now is vodka, lime and soda.
- Robbo equalised in the second half, so now I'm waiting for full time, and drinking vodka and lime, which is all rather civilised.
- I changed my drinks, brandy, lime and soda now and different pretty little cigs in pretty packets.
- Blackcurrent cordial for lime, lemonade for soda.
- I now have seltzer water with a splash of unsweetened cranberry juice and lime instead of wine most of the time.
- I've heard her laughing loudly in bars, seen her drinking vodka, lime and soda on cramped dance floors, seen her queuing outside West End clubs.
- Top up with ginger beer, squeeze two chunks of fresh lime.
- But he smiled at me whilst he was at the till, and when he came to serve me said ‘Vodka lemonade and lime yeah,?’
- The often loutish, boozy image was replaced with players such as Jonny Wilkinson and Jason Robinson, who looked as though a dash of lime in their soda water was enough excitement for one night.
- For this you will need rum, sugar, fresh mint, lime, soda water and a muddler.
2The evergreen citrus tree which produces limes, widely cultivated in warm climates. Citrus aurantifolia, family Rutaceae Example sentencesExamples - In the same way, every small home in the Caribbean has always kept some vegetables and a fruit tree (usually a lime, but also other citrus).
- It belongs to the citrus family, Rutaceae, but is not a true lime.
- In the western zone, oranges, limes, and bananas are cultivated.
3mass noun A bright light green colour like that of a lime. as modifier a lime-green bikini Example sentencesExamples - It's a strange thing when a letter from the school principal arrives on lime green and aqua stationery.
- With cheerful colours from lime green to pineapple yellow, they promise to make the steaming hot days a little more bearable.
- Believing the sky to be lime green with bright orange spots isn't faith, it's psychosis.
- She shut her bedroom door with a click and lit her lime green lava lamp, glancing over at her clock to check the time.
- He intends to not be here to see what lime-green, red and purple look like against the background of blue walls already illuminated by dubious tubelights.
- Novelty colours available are lime green and a dark red seemingly black.
- The main bedroom - in cream and lime-green, with a beige ottoman at the foot of the queen-size bed - is the epitome of cosiness.
- His attire will be haphazardly thrown together, but he'll still look good, except perhaps when he's wearing the lime-green slacks with the purple blazer.
- Asters look fabulous combined with gold variegated trailing ivies and heathers with lime-green or flame coloured foliage.
- Today she has Purple and lime green socks and a matching scarf.
- It was a comfortable room with walnut end tables, coffee table and paneling, moss green carpet, drapes and dark green throws on the lime-green couch and chair.
- To do this, the couple painted the gallery using a vibrant lime-green, teal and purple palette.
- The only information I had about him was that he was about 6ft tall and would be wearing something lime-green coloured.
- Now I have on a bright neon lime green T-shirt and I'm not a small girl, so you can't miss me.
- Artfully arranged under this symphony of green and white is a pair of equally beautiful, lime-green, soft-leathered, hand-stitched, high-heeled Manolos.
- The lime-green walls are almost completely covered with dozens of perfectly spaced framed posters advertising horror and science-fiction movies of the Thirties, Forties and Fifties.
- Big colours include pink, lime green, bright blues and more sombre chocolate browns and off whites.
- Paired with the bright lime green tank top she was wearing, and the hot pink miniskirt, she looked quite odd.
- When off duty he will have one other suit, either lime green, electric blue or maroon and he will often wear the jacket with a pair of black trousers.
- We contemplated lots of different colors before settling on some sort of lime green or apple green.
Origin Mid 17th century: from French, from modern Provençal limo, Spanish lima, from Arabic līma; compare with lemon. noun lʌɪmlaɪm A deciduous tree with heart-shaped leaves and fragrant yellowish blossom, native to north temperate regions. The pale timber is used for carving and inexpensive furniture. Genus Tilia, family Tiliaceae: many species, including the widely grown hybrid common lime (T. × europaea), and the small-leaved lime (T. cordata), which dominated the pre-Neolithic forests of much of lowland England Also called linden Example sentencesExamples - Growing conifers is still important, but oaks, ash, and limes are now seen as a way of restoring ancient woodlands and promoting more diverse flora and fauna.
- The Lough Tree - often called The Love Tree - is a lime tree thought to be more than 200 years old.
- The gardens which surround the property include beech, lime and holm oak trees while in the eastern corner is an ancient churchyard.
- Many trees, such as lime, sycamore, horse chestnut and willow provide excellent bee forage.
- We don't mean by ‘tree’ quite what our animist forebears meant by the word they used to talk about oaks, limes, and beeches.
- Some willow trees will be lost by the development but trees like hornbeam, lime and birch will remain with preservation orders on them.
- The car park fronting the baroque facade of Wentworth is due to be replaced by authentic sweeping parkland and a lime and oak-lined avenue.
- Since 2000, 32 different species of tree have been planted including oak, ash, small-leaved limes and bird cherry, while a carpet of bluebells and daffodils has also been sown.
- On the island, I followed indistinct paths through the lime, oak and black alder trees.
- As we descended in the jungle, Jim Johnson pointed out domestic and medicinal plants - cinnamon, cashew, limes and soursop.
- Residents fear cutting the 30 ft limes, which formed part of an avenue of trees leading to All Saints Church, to hedge height, could open the way for renewed attempts to develop land on the rectory site.
- It was also about this time that lines of magnificent beech trees were planted along the front avenue, roadside and Nun's Walk and specimen limes, beeches and chestnuts planted in the park.
- As you walk along the rides at this time of the year you can see the wonderful glow of red and scarlet oaks, the luminous yellows of lime and tulip trees, and the russet, orange and gold of maples and Persian ironwood.
- Elms and limes are, as trees go, very different to the eye - at least when in full leaf.
- Next we took the valley bottom road and there met only two walkers and a laden tractor and then, after a conker tree and a lime tree, reached the farmstead of Lower Askew.
- At the hamlet's Milbank House, a lime, a conker and a turkey oak shade a stone culvert and set their seed and nuts.
- Most of our timber trees are introductions too: oak, ash and elm are native, but sycamore, lime, maple, spruce, Douglas fir are all aliens.
- I asked him if the lime tree season was over and if that was why our limes were turning yellowish-orange.
- Marcia pointed out that at the same time as the High Street trees were planted a lime tree was put in the churchyard at the top of the street.
- Using trees such as lime, ash, sycamore and chestnut results in a imposing display which is far superior to what smaller garden trees produce.
Origin Early 17th century: alteration of obsolete line, from Old English lind (see linden). verb lʌɪmlaɪm West Indian no object, with adverbial Sit or stand around talking with others. boys and girls were liming along the roadside as if they didn't have anything to do Example sentencesExamples - Two of the men were liming on the street near a car, awaiting the other two, when the man allegedly approached them.
- Police reports stated that at around 6.45 pm, Phillip, 21, was liming near the basketball court at upper Gokool Street, Diego Martin, when a man approached him and fired several shots.
- Those involved in the investigation said Sean, was liming with two friends near his home around 7 am.
- And at 1 am yesterday, a Dibe, Long Circular resident, who was recently released from prison was gunned down as he was liming outside his home.
- Student Priya Rambarran said she was liming on the playfield with her friends when she saw the wall falling.
noun lʌɪmlaɪm West Indian An informal social gathering characterized by semi-ritualized talking. Example sentencesExamples - On Tuesday night last week, Natty and I enjoyed ourselves immensely at a little lime in our complex.
- You think my reaction had anything to do with the little lime up by our friend's apartment?
- Take the case of a small lime hosted on Friday 13 by jazz pianist Raf Robertson.
- I was expecting to have so much to say, but it was just a cool lime, lots of people.
- But Trinis are such that they will continue to go to Carnival shows and fêtes and dinners and limes with their friends, and so on.
Origin Origin uncertain; said to be from Limey (because of the number of British sailors present during the Second World War), or from suck a lime, expressing bitterness at not being invited to a gathering. nounlaɪmlīm 1A white caustic alkaline substance consisting of calcium oxide, which is obtained by heating limestone and which combines with water with the production of much heat; quicklime. Example sentencesExamples - A mixture of bean paste and lime is applied to stencil patterns on the cotton before it is dyed with indigo.
- The pH can be adjusted by adding hydrated lime or caustic soda.
- Magnesia, quicklime, and nitric acid all seemed promising for a time, but failed.
- People made their own containing milk protein, quicklime and earth pigments, and giving a variety of colours from browns to greens.
- He published his first paper in 1816 on caustic lime from Tuscany.
- They used various materials such as lime, copper, silica, iron oxides, and chalk to produce numerous colors.
- Studies of old vineyard soils in Bordeaux have shown that fertility can be restored by heavy applications of organic matter, lime, phosphorus, and potassium.
- Hydrated slaked lime is slaked quicklime that has reacted with water to form calcium hydroxide.
- In early times, people roasted limestone to obtain lime (calcium oxide), a base.
- This occurs when finely divided amorphous silica particles combine with available lime to form a calcium silicate hydrate.
- The mineral, carbonate of lime, assumes an immense diversity of characters, though no one doubts that under all these Protean changes it is one and the same thing.
- Calcium oxide, more commonly known as lime or quicklime, has been studied by scholars as far back as the pre-Christian era.
- If the hair on the skin were to be removed, urine, quicklime or wood ash was use in solution into which the hide was steeped and then rubbed or left to soak into the wet surface.
- Some contractors rework soft spots in the subgrade material, mixing quicklime (hydrated lime) or fly ash into the material to help dry it out or bind it together.
- All of the water is chemically combined with the quicklime, so the product remains a ‘dry’, free-flowing powder.
- In the laboratory higher concentration ethanol, with less water, can be produced by refluxing the rectified spirit with quicklime and then distilling the alcohol mixture.
- Kathleen Jamie should have used quicklime rather than caustic soda to deflesh her gannet's skull, but maggots would have been best.
- By pressing a button on the bottom, water mixes with quicklime, producing a chemical reaction that heats the coffee.
- We have two manufacturing plants which produce high calcium quicklime and hydrated lime products.
- If the burning chemical is a powder-like substance such as lime, brush it off the skin before flushing.
- 1.1 A white alkaline substance consisting of calcium hydroxide, made by adding water to quicklime.
Example sentencesExamples - Check whether your building or part of it is constructed with any of the traditional building materials like lime, laterite, granite, wood, mud or the like.
- Hydrated lime is actually slaked lime that has been dried and repulverized by the manufacturing company and is ready for use.
- When quicklime is soaked in water, it is changed to calcium hydroxide or slaked lime.
- All repairs to ancient monuments have to be done under official supervision, and then old techniques like lime mortar have to be used.
- Weigh shovelsful of lime and cement separately so you can calculate approximate water needs for your mix.
- Rectangular in shape, the Fort, made of lime and mortar, extends to an area of 16,200 square metres.
- A technique that dates back 5,000 years or more, buon fresco - or true fresco - involves the application of five layers of plaster made from a mixture of slaked lime and sand.
- At the French army's tricolour-splashed Foyer du Soldat, we see the resurrection of cooling lime plaster cremated under cement.
- Well-versed in building and building materials, he used a traditional mortar of lime and sand to decorate his small cottage with shells.
- Hydrated slaked lime is slaked quicklime that has reacted with water to form calcium hydroxide.
- Thin slices of the nut, either natural or processed, may be mixed with a variety of substances including slaked lime (calcium hydroxide) and spices such as cardamom, coconut, and saffron.
- It's about 800 years old, and still contains traces of lime mortar, indicating it was probably used in the tanning process.
- To cure the problem conservationists have tapped the wisdom of the abbey's ancient builders and are planning to replace the cement with a medieval hydrolic lime mortar mix.
- Colors are fresh and pure and the calcium hydroxide slaked lime into which the fresco is painted lends a reflective brightness unmatched by other painting mediums.
- Stucco is a siding material made of Portland cement, sand, lime and water.
- Studies at the Getty Conservation Institute on high-reactivity quicklime have identified the parameters for developing high-quality slaked lime putty to be used in the comparative evaluations.
- The first part, using slaked lime, should take about 20-30 minutes, while the second part should not add more than 15 minutes of practical work.
- It will have to be pretty much to plan, using bricks and lime mortar and proper wooden sashes for the windows.
- It is almost impossible for molds and bacteria that harm people to grow on lime plaster or on concrete.
- The bales are stacked on stone footings and lime plaster will coat the outside walls.
- 1.2 (in general use) any of a number of calcium compounds, especially calcium hydroxide, used as an additive to soil or water.
Example sentencesExamples - The level of soluble calcium in lime slurry is significantly increased with the addition of silica fume.
- Add lime if the soil's pH is too low; autumn is the best time to apply.
- In general, lime is offered in two different forms - dry and liquid.
- Less lime is generally required on bottomland, more on hillsides and the most on hilltops.
- In extremely acidic soils some lime may be needed as well.
- One thing that they did toward this end was to mix lime into the soil.
- Often, it is determined that the soil needs more lime.
- Mix a shovel full of compost, a handful of bone meal, and a little Dolomite lime to the soil which was removed.
- Use lime, if needed, to adjust soil pH and raise calcium levels.
- General purpose cement and lime are commonly used in subgrade stabilisation by Australian councils.
- In general, lime does not move downward further than plow depth in an organic soil.
- Ideally, the laboratory testing procedure adopted should emulate site conditions as closely as possible to quantify reactivity of the soil with lime.
- In its pure form it is a light, whitish metal; but it is seldom thus seen because it reacts violently with water to form lime (calcium hydroxide).
- The durability of the soil - lime specimens was also similarly affected.
- This can be accomplished by frequently adding small amounts of lime to the soil surface.
- Or you may set your plant in sharp sand, and mix some lime with the soil which you replace.
- So, it's best to use lime sparingly on soils, especially those with a high Ph (alkaline).
- Some vineyards affected by copper toxicity in the Bordeaux area are much reduced in vigour, but the problem can be overcome by adding lime to the soil.
- Once you have the results of the soil test, you can add nutrients or soil amendments such as lime, as needed.
- Additionally, lime enables soils that are not productive to become effective.
- 1.3archaic Birdlime.
verblaɪmlīm [with object]1Treat (soil or water) with lime to reduce acidity and improve fertility or oxygen levels. Example sentencesExamples - He offers advice on crocus bulbs, liming the roses, putting coffee grounds on the chives.
- Soil is limed in some areas to improve barley growth and productivity on acid soils, but this practice is often economically unfeasible.
- It is at a time like this when farmers should plan to get their fields limed because failure to plan for such important issues that affect their business is definitely preparing to fail-PALISAH
- Records show that in Mazabuka, Chibombo and Mumbwa, a large number of farmers confirm that lime usage had improved their yields tremendously.
- Avoid spreading urea on land limed less than nine months ago.
- The soil was limed by applying 5 • 5 g CaCO 3 kg - 1 soil.
- Groundsmen lime the rugger fields for the student young of the great and the good.
- Government bodies since the 1950s have pushed landowners and offered subsidies to plough up or lime the heather to allow the spread of grass.
- Fertilizing and liming the area will improve cover conditions as will the construction of a brush pile for additional cover.
- The ponds are refilled with seawater and fresh water to produce a salinity of 2-10 ppt and limed to a neutral pH.
- If the bulbs are planted deeply it is possible to leave them undisturbed for two or three years although acid or neutral soil will have to be limed.
- The rest will become available over time, and many nutrients will also become more available when a soil is limed.
- As with calcium, availability of magnesium is also determined largely by soil pH. When soils are adequately limed with high-magnesium limestone, magnesium deficiencies are not likely to occur.
- Soils previously limed heavily for a garden or other crops in the past may need the pH lowered.
- 1.1often as adjective limed Give (wood) a bleached appearance by treating it with lime.
limed oak dining furniture Example sentencesExamples - To the right is a large, galley-style kitchen area with limed oak units, a double oven and hob and a breakfast bar.
- There is a good-sized drawing room features a French-style limed oak fireplace and polished wood floor.
- Both interconnected reception rooms are decorated in contemporary grey tones and are laid in limed wooden antique floorboards.
- A room currently used as a study, but which could also make a third bedroom, also has a cast-iron fireplace as well as built-in presses and limed tongue-and-groove floorboards.
- The kitchen is fitted with handmade limed oak presses, while there is also a breakfast room with access to the back garden. Upstairs are four bedrooms, a bathroom and a separate shower room.
- The kitchen is fitted with limed oak units, granite-effect worktops and a tiled splashback, as well as a ceramic-tiled floor with underfloor heating.
- On one side, a stone wall has been fully exposed and the white wooden flooring has a limed wash finish.
- The kitchen, to the rear, has limed oak units at ground and eye level, a tiled worktop and splashback.
- Beds are set on platforms or suspended from ceilings, bathtubs are hewn from blocks of black granite or pale limestone, and the bare wood floorboards are wide, limed and lacquered.
2archaic Catch (a bird) with birdlime.
Origin Old English līm, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch lijm, German Leim, also to loam. nounlaɪmlīm 1A rounded citrus fruit similar to a lemon but greener, smaller, and with a distinctive acid flavor. Example sentencesExamples - The citric acid in lemons or limes has a similar effect, although this is not called ‘cooking’.
- Finely grate the zest of the limes into a bowl, add the juice of the limes, stir in the condensed milk and then the cream.
- Oranges, lemons and limes are particularly high in Vitamin C. Carrots provide vitamin D and spinach is rich in iron.
- The limes add dimensions of flavour beyond tart or citrusy.
- Then we actually make a couple of our own rums, a citrus one in which we soak lemons, limes and oranges.
- Oranges, lemons, limes, mandarins or other citrus fruit from Queensland will be banned from entering any other state or territory, threatening at least $100 million worth of fruit still to be picked in the state.
- ‘Soda adds the refreshment and the lime adds the citrus twist to counterbalance the honey sweetness,’ Parnell said.
- I have a wooden citrus reamer that I use for small doses of things like limes or lemons and I have a glass juicer handed down to me by my grandmother that I use for larger quantities.
- Consider adding whole lemons, limes, oranges, grapefruits and even kumquats to main courses as they cook.
- Surprisingly complex for one so young, delivering flavours of spice, limes, lemons, orange peel and oatmeal, all harmoniously threaded with ripe acidity.
- When you have too many lemons or limes or oranges and some are going to spoil, slice some thinly and then freeze the slices.
- Meanwhile, cut lemons or limes into wedges, and simmer the olives in a little water to reduce saltiness.
- If substituting lemons for limes, you need to double the amount to reach the required strength of flavour.
- It worked out great: the lime and salt and pepper gave the beef the kick it needed to fully inflate its potential.
- Lemons, limes, and oranges can be frozen whole.
- You'll also need limes, lemons, olives and lots of ice.
- It is capable of juicing lemons, oranges, limes and grapefruit.
- Orchards carpet the land in parts of California, and oranges, lemons, limes, and other citrus are familiar trees in home gardens.
- Citric acid is an organic (carbon based) acid found in nearly all citrus fruits, particularly lemons, limes, and grapefruits.
- It came on a correctly pre-warmed plate with a baked potato, a selection of steamed vegetables, half a lime and a pepper grinder - no need to ask!
2The evergreen citrus tree that produces the lime, widely cultivated in warm climates. Citrus aurantifolia, family Rutaceae Example sentencesExamples - In the western zone, oranges, limes, and bananas are cultivated.
- It belongs to the citrus family, Rutaceae, but is not a true lime.
- In the same way, every small home in the Caribbean has always kept some vegetables and a fruit tree (usually a lime, but also other citrus).
3A bright light green color like that of a lime. as modifier day-glo orange, pink, or lime green Example sentencesExamples - His attire will be haphazardly thrown together, but he'll still look good, except perhaps when he's wearing the lime-green slacks with the purple blazer.
- With cheerful colours from lime green to pineapple yellow, they promise to make the steaming hot days a little more bearable.
- Novelty colours available are lime green and a dark red seemingly black.
- The main bedroom - in cream and lime-green, with a beige ottoman at the foot of the queen-size bed - is the epitome of cosiness.
- We contemplated lots of different colors before settling on some sort of lime green or apple green.
- Asters look fabulous combined with gold variegated trailing ivies and heathers with lime-green or flame coloured foliage.
- It's a strange thing when a letter from the school principal arrives on lime green and aqua stationery.
- Artfully arranged under this symphony of green and white is a pair of equally beautiful, lime-green, soft-leathered, hand-stitched, high-heeled Manolos.
- It was a comfortable room with walnut end tables, coffee table and paneling, moss green carpet, drapes and dark green throws on the lime-green couch and chair.
- The lime-green walls are almost completely covered with dozens of perfectly spaced framed posters advertising horror and science-fiction movies of the Thirties, Forties and Fifties.
- The only information I had about him was that he was about 6ft tall and would be wearing something lime-green coloured.
- Believing the sky to be lime green with bright orange spots isn't faith, it's psychosis.
- Paired with the bright lime green tank top she was wearing, and the hot pink miniskirt, she looked quite odd.
- When off duty he will have one other suit, either lime green, electric blue or maroon and he will often wear the jacket with a pair of black trousers.
- Now I have on a bright neon lime green T-shirt and I'm not a small girl, so you can't miss me.
- Today she has Purple and lime green socks and a matching scarf.
- He intends to not be here to see what lime-green, red and purple look like against the background of blue walls already illuminated by dubious tubelights.
- Big colours include pink, lime green, bright blues and more sombre chocolate browns and off whites.
- To do this, the couple painted the gallery using a vibrant lime-green, teal and purple palette.
- She shut her bedroom door with a click and lit her lime green lava lamp, glancing over at her clock to check the time.
Origin Mid 17th century: from French, from modern Provençal limo, Spanish lima, from Arabic līma; compare with lemon. nounlaɪmlīm another term for linden, especially the European linden Example sentencesExamples - As you walk along the rides at this time of the year you can see the wonderful glow of red and scarlet oaks, the luminous yellows of lime and tulip trees, and the russet, orange and gold of maples and Persian ironwood.
- Residents fear cutting the 30 ft limes, which formed part of an avenue of trees leading to All Saints Church, to hedge height, could open the way for renewed attempts to develop land on the rectory site.
- Next we took the valley bottom road and there met only two walkers and a laden tractor and then, after a conker tree and a lime tree, reached the farmstead of Lower Askew.
- Most of our timber trees are introductions too: oak, ash and elm are native, but sycamore, lime, maple, spruce, Douglas fir are all aliens.
- Using trees such as lime, ash, sycamore and chestnut results in a imposing display which is far superior to what smaller garden trees produce.
- It was also about this time that lines of magnificent beech trees were planted along the front avenue, roadside and Nun's Walk and specimen limes, beeches and chestnuts planted in the park.
- Elms and limes are, as trees go, very different to the eye - at least when in full leaf.
- The car park fronting the baroque facade of Wentworth is due to be replaced by authentic sweeping parkland and a lime and oak-lined avenue.
- I asked him if the lime tree season was over and if that was why our limes were turning yellowish-orange.
- Growing conifers is still important, but oaks, ash, and limes are now seen as a way of restoring ancient woodlands and promoting more diverse flora and fauna.
- Many trees, such as lime, sycamore, horse chestnut and willow provide excellent bee forage.
- On the island, I followed indistinct paths through the lime, oak and black alder trees.
- The gardens which surround the property include beech, lime and holm oak trees while in the eastern corner is an ancient churchyard.
- We don't mean by ‘tree’ quite what our animist forebears meant by the word they used to talk about oaks, limes, and beeches.
- Some willow trees will be lost by the development but trees like hornbeam, lime and birch will remain with preservation orders on them.
- Marcia pointed out that at the same time as the High Street trees were planted a lime tree was put in the churchyard at the top of the street.
- The Lough Tree - often called The Love Tree - is a lime tree thought to be more than 200 years old.
- Since 2000, 32 different species of tree have been planted including oak, ash, small-leaved limes and bird cherry, while a carpet of bluebells and daffodils has also been sown.
- As we descended in the jungle, Jim Johnson pointed out domestic and medicinal plants - cinnamon, cashew, limes and soursop.
- At the hamlet's Milbank House, a lime, a conker and a turkey oak shade a stone culvert and set their seed and nuts.
Origin Early 17th century: alteration of obsolete line, from Old English lind (see linden). verblaɪmlīm West Indian no object, with adverbial Sit or stand around talking with others. boys and girls were liming along the roadside as if they didn't have anything to do Example sentencesExamples - And at 1 am yesterday, a Dibe, Long Circular resident, who was recently released from prison was gunned down as he was liming outside his home.
- Two of the men were liming on the street near a car, awaiting the other two, when the man allegedly approached them.
- Student Priya Rambarran said she was liming on the playfield with her friends when she saw the wall falling.
- Those involved in the investigation said Sean, was liming with two friends near his home around 7 am.
- Police reports stated that at around 6.45 pm, Phillip, 21, was liming near the basketball court at upper Gokool Street, Diego Martin, when a man approached him and fired several shots.
nounlaɪmlīm West Indian An informal social gathering characterized by semi-ritualized talking. Example sentencesExamples - I was expecting to have so much to say, but it was just a cool lime, lots of people.
- Take the case of a small lime hosted on Friday 13 by jazz pianist Raf Robertson.
- On Tuesday night last week, Natty and I enjoyed ourselves immensely at a little lime in our complex.
- You think my reaction had anything to do with the little lime up by our friend's apartment?
- But Trinis are such that they will continue to go to Carnival shows and fêtes and dinners and limes with their friends, and so on.
Origin Origin uncertain; said to be from Limey (because of the number of British sailors present during the Second World War), or from suck a lime, expressing bitterness at not being invited to a gathering. |