Lime

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A spiny evergreen shrub or tree (Citrus aurantifolia), native to Asia and having leathery leaves, fragrant white flowers, and edible fruit.
  • n. The egg-shaped fruit of this plant, having a green rind and acid juice used as flavoring.
  • n. See linden.
  • n. See calcium oxide.
  • n. Any of various mineral and industrial forms of calcium oxide differing chiefly in water content and percentage of constituents such as silica, alumina, and iron. Also called quicklime.
  • n. Birdlime.
  • v. To treat with lime.
  • v. To smear with birdlime.
  • v. To catch or snare with or as if with birdlime.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A deciduous tree of the genus Tilia, especially Tilia × europaea; the linden tree, or its wood.
  • n. A green citrus fruit, somewhat smaller and sharper-tasting than a lemon.
  • n. Any of the trees that bear limes, especially Citrus aurantiifolia.
  • n. A light, somewhat yellowish, green colour associated with the fruits of a lime tree.
  • adj. Containing lime or lime juice.
  • adj. Having the aroma or flavor of lime.
  • adj. Lime-green.
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  • n. A general term for inorganic materials containing calcium, usually calcium oxide or calcium hydroxide; quicklime.
  • n. Any gluey or adhesive substance; something which traps or captures someone; sometimes a synonym for birdlime.
  • v. To treat with calcium hydroxide or calcium oxide (lime).
  • v. To smear with birdlime.
  • v. To apply limewash
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A thong by which a dog is led; a leash.
  • n. The linden tree. See linden.
  • n. The fruit of the Citrus aurantifolia, allied to the lemon, but greener in color; also, the tree which bears it.
  • n. The color of the lime{1}, a yellowish-green.
  • n. Birdlime.
  • n. Oxide of calcium, CaO; the white or gray, caustic substance, usually called quicklime, obtained by calcining limestone or shells, the heat driving off carbon dioxide and leaving lime. It develops great heat when treated with water, forming slaked lime, and is an essential ingredient of cement, plastering, mortar, etc.
  • v. To smear with a viscous substance, as birdlime.
  • v. To entangle; to insnare.
  • v. To treat with lime, or oxide or hydrate of calcium; to manure with lime
  • v. To cement.
  • adj. having a yellowish-green color like that of the lime (the fruit).
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. Any viscous substance; especially, a viscous substance laid on twigs for catching birds; bird-lime.
  • n. An alkaline earth of great economic importance.
  • To smear with a viscous substance for the purpose of catching birds.
  • Hence To entangle; insnare; encumber.
  • To apply lime to; in a special use, to manure with lime, as soil; throw lime into, as a pond or stream, to kill the fish in it.
  • To sprinkle with slaked lime, as a floor; treat with lime; in leather manufacturing, to steep (hides) in a solution of lime in order to remove the hair.
  • To cement.
  • n. A tree of the genus Tilia, natural order Tiliaceæ; the linden.
  • Of or pertaining to the tree so called.
  • n. A tree, a variety of Citrus Medica.
  • n. The fruit of the lime-tree.
  • n. A cord for leading a dog; a leash. Hence limer, limmer, limehound.
  • n. Limit; end.
  • To file; polish.
  • n. In leather manufacturing, a vat containing a solution of lime for unhairing skins.
  • n. Citrus Australasica, a small tree of eastern Australia, bearing slender thorns, and ellipsoid or almost cylindrical fruits, 2–4 inches long, tasting like lemons.
  • n. The finger-lime;
  • n. An evergreen tree, Citrus australis, which reaches a height of from 30 to 50 feet and bears globular, acid fruits about the size of walnuts. Its beautiful light-yellow wood is hard, close-grained, and takes a high polish. Called also native orange.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a white crystalline oxide used in the production of calcium hydroxide
  • n. a sticky adhesive that is smeared on small branches to capture small birds
  • n. a caustic substance produced by heating limestone
  • n. the green acidic fruit of any of various lime trees
  • n. any of various related trees bearing limes
  • v. cover with lime so as to induce growth
  • v. spread birdlime on branches to catch birds
  • n. 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
  • Equivalent
    lime twig   
    Verb Form
    limed    limes    liming   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    Variant
    linden    quicklime    slaked lime   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    leash    birdlime    entangle    insnare    cement   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Dime    Grime    Lyme    Time    anticrime    chime    climb    crime    dime    grime   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    soda    lemon    potash    sulphur    salt    ammonia    pepper    charcoal    chalk    oxide