lime

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Etymology 1 1.2.1 Noun 1.2.1.1 Derived terms 1.2.1.2 See also 1.2.1.3 Translations 1.2.2 Verb 1.2.2.1 Translations 1.3 Etymology 2 1.3.1 Noun 1.3.1.1 Related terms 1.3.1.2 Translations 1.4 Etymology 3 1.4.1 Noun 1.4.1.1 Derived terms 1.4.1.2 See also 1.4.1.3 Translations 1.4.2 Adjective 1.4.2.1 Translations 1.5 Etymology 4 1.5.1 Verb 1.6 Etymology 5 1.6.1 Noun 2 Danish 2.1 Noun 2.1.1 Inflection 2.2 Verb 3 French 3.1 Pronunciation 3.2 Etymology 1 3.2.1 Noun 3.2.1.1 Derived terms 3.3 Etymology 2 3.3.1 Noun 3.3.1.1 Synonyms 4 Galician 4.1 Verb 5 Italian 5.1 Noun

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• IPA: /laɪm/, SAMPA: /laIm/
• Rhymes: -aɪm

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

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lime (countable and uncountable; plural limes)

1. (poetic) any gluey or adhesive substance; something which traps or captures someone
2. (mineralogy) A white alkaline substance, calcium oxide, obtained from limestone; 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.

3. A dry white powder (calcium hydroxide).

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to 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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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

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• linden

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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. (color/colour) a light, somewhat yellowish, green colour, the colour of the fruit of a lime tree.

   lime colour:

   web lime 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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Back-formation from limer.

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

1. to glue

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• IPA: /lim/

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Latin lima.

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lime f. (plural limes)

1. file (tool)

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• lime à ongles
• limer

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From Spanish lima, from Arabic ليمة (līma).

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lime f. (plural limes)

1. lime (fruit, tree)

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• (fruit): limette

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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.