Liming

Acceptable For Game Play - US & UK word lists

This word is acceptable for play in the US & UK dictionaries that are being used in the following games:

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • v. Present participle of lime.
  • v. hanging around, usually in a public place with friends, enjoying the scene.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. The operation of treating with lime, or of sprinkling with slaked lime; in leather manufacturing, the steeping of hides in a solution of lime to remove their hair.
  • n. In bleaching, a solution of lime in water.
  • n. The smearing of twigs with lime to catch birds; bird-liming.
  • Word Usage
    "Long-term liming programmes are in place in several countries to mitigate enhanced acidic inputs into inland waters."
    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