Definitions for lime

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lime lime

Spelling: [lahym]

IPA: /laɪm/

Lime is a 4 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 6 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 8 points.

You can make 33 anagrams from letters in lime (eilm).

Definitions for lime

noun

1. Also called burnt lime, calcium oxide, caustic lime, calx, quicklime. a white or grayish-white, odorless, lumpy, very slightly water-soluble solid, CaO, that when combined with water forms calcium hydroxide (slaked lime) obtained from calcium carbonate, limestone, or oyster shells: used chiefly in mortars, plasters, and cements, in bleaching powder, and in the manufacture of steel, paper, glass, and various chemicals of calcium.
2. a calcium compound for improving crops grown in soils deficient in lime.
3. birdlime.
4. the small, greenish-yellow, acid fruit of a citrus tree, Citrus aurantifolia, allied to the lemon.
5. the tree that bears this fruit.
6. greenish yellow.
7. the European linden, Tilia europaea.
8. limelight.

adjective

1. of the color lime.
2. of or made with limes.

verb (used with object)

1. to treat (soil) with lime or compounds of calcium.
2. to smear (twigs, branches, etc.) with birdlime.
3. to catch with or as if with birdlime.
4. to paint or cover (a surface) with a composition of lime and water; whitewash:

Origin of lime

before 900; Middle English, Old English līm; cognate with Dutch lijm, German Leim, Old Norse līm glue, Latin līmus slime; akin to loam

Examples for lime

Some were injected with chemicals or dosed in lime for better preservation.

At a taco truck in New York I asked how their lime stock was faring.

However, I put the lime on my hand, and held out my arm steadily.

And then we should have to hump the lime at least half a mile up from the beach.

The Bee Pollen juice looked appetizing and resembled a juice I routinely enjoy that consists of pineapple, apple, and lime.

The new idea of making the said Dorito shell spicier and adding a splash of lime is derivative at best.

The separation of the slag and iron is facilitated by throwing in some lime from time to time.

A little spirit of turpentine, or linseed oil, mixed with lime water, if kept constantly to the part will remove the pain.

Procter & Gamble introducing Crest toothpaste line with nontraditional flavors—chocolate, vanilla, lime.

We should have to hump treble the weight of the lime we should get after burning them.