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noun | verb limelime1 /laɪm/ ●●○ noun ETYMOLOGYlime1Origin: (1) 1600-1700 French Provençal limo, from Arabic lim; (2) Old English lind 1 [countable] a small juicy green fruit with a sour taste, or the tree this fruit grows on2[uncountable] a white substance used for making cement, marking sports fields, etc.3[countable] old use a linden tree [Origin: (1) 1600–1700 French Provençal limo, from Arabic lim; (2) Old English lind] noun | verb limelime2 verb [transitive] VERB TABLElime |
Present | I, you, we, they | lime | | he, she, it | limes | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | limed | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have limed | | he, she, it | has limed | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had limed | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will lime | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have limed |
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Present | I | am liming | | he, she, it | is liming | | you, we, they | are liming | Past | I, he, she, it | was liming | | you, we, they | were liming | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been liming | | he, she, it | has been liming | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been liming | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be liming | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been liming |
technical to add lime to soil to control acid |