lime

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[edit] Etymology 1

Old English līm, from Proto-Germanic *līmaz. Cognate with Danish lim (from Old Norse lím), Dutch lijm, German Leim; Latin limus (“mud”).

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lime (countable and uncountable; plural limes)

  1. (chemistry) a general term for inorganic materials containing calcium, usually calcium oxide or calcium hydroxide; quicklime
    • 1952, Lime, which is the product of the burning of chalk or limestone, might be bought ready burnt, or it could be burnt in kilns specially constructed in the neighbourhood of the building operations. — L.F. Salzman, Building in England, page 149.
  2. (poetic) any gluey or adhesive substance; something which traps or captures someone
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terms derived from lime (noun) alkali substance
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Entries of interest
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entrapping adhesive substance
calcium oxide, quicklime
calcium hydroxide

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lime (third-person singular simple present limes, present participle liming, simple past and past participle limed)

  1. (transitive) To treat with calcium hydroxide or calcium oxide (lime).
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treat with lime
Avenue of limes in Prague.

[edit] Etymology 2

An alteration of line, a variant form of lind.

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lime (plural limes)

  1. A deciduous tree of the genus Tilia, especially Tilia X vulgaris; the linden tree, or its wood.
    • 1872, George Eliot, Middlemarch, 3:
      she looked before her, not consciously seeing, but absorbing into the intensity of her mood, the solemn glory of the afternoon with its long swathes of light between the far-off rows of limes, whose shadows touched each other.
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linden tree

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Avocados and limes.

From French lime, from Spanish lima, from Arabic ليمة (līma).

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lime (plural limes)

  1. A green citrus fruit, somewhat smaller and sharper-tasting than a lemon.
  2. Any of the trees that bear limes, especially Citrus aurantiifolia
  3. A light, somewhat yellowish, green colour associated with the fruits of a lime tree.
    lime colour:    
    web lime colour:    
  4. (fandom slang) A piece of fanfiction with suggestive or erotic, but not explicit content.
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terms derived from lime
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terms of interest for lime (noun) fruit and color
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a green citrus fruit
tree
colour
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lime (not comparable)

  1. Containing lime or lime juice.
  2. Having the aroma or flavor of lime.
  3. Lime-green.
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containing lime/lime juice

[edit] Etymology 4

Back-formation from limer.

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lime (third-person singular simple present limes, present participle liming, simple past and past participle limed)

  1. (West Indies) To hang out, pass time on the streets.

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From lime (the fruit) as comparable to lemon (a more explicit rating in anime).

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lime (plural limes)

  1. (anime) A fan fiction story that stops short of full, explicit descriptions of sexual activity; a story characterized by PG-13 level explicitness; or one that approaches an intimate scene, and then goes "off-camera", with the intimacy left to the reader's imagination.

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lime c. (singular definite limen, plural indefinite lime or limes)

  1. lime (fruit)

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    Inflection of lime
common gender Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative, dative and accusative lime limen lime
limes		 limene
genitive limes limens limes
limes'		 limenes

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lime (imperative lim, infinitive at lime, present tense limer, past tense limede, past participle har limet)

  1. to glue

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  • audio (une lime)
    		(file)
  • IPA: /lim/

[edit] Etymology 1

Latin lima.

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lime f. (plural limes)

  1. file (tool)
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[edit] Etymology 2

From Spanish lima, from Arabic ليمة (līma).

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lime f. (plural limes)

  1. lime (fruit, tree)
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lime

  1. first-person singular present subjunctive of limar
  2. third-person singular present subjunctive of limar

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lime f.

  1. Plural form of lima.

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līme

  1. vocative singular of līmus

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lime (infinitive limar)

  1. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of limar.
  2. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of limar.
  3. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of limar.
  4. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present subjunctive form of limar.
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