Meaning

1 senses
  1. To flavour with lemon.

    You can start the vegetables cooking while you are lemoning the fish.

Examples

229 sentences
  1. I like lemon in my tea.

    Я люблю чай із лимоном. — deniko

  2. I like oranges, but I like lemons more.

    Я полюбляю апельсини, але лимони я полюбляю більше. — deniko

    ruЯ люблю апельсины, но лимоны люблю ещё больше. — Wezel

    deIch mag Orangen, aber Zitronen mag ich noch mehr. — raggione

  3. Lemons and limes are acidic fruits.

    Лимон та лайм - кислі фрукти. — aandrusiak

    ruЛимон и лайм - кислые фрукты. — marafon

    deZitronen und Limonen sind saure Früchte. — MUIRIEL

  4. I never drink tea with lemon.

    Я ніколи не п'ю чай із лимоном. — deniko

    ruЯ никогда не пью чай с лимоном. — saiko

    deIch trinke niemals Tee mit Zitrone. — Esperantostern

  5. A tea with lemon, please.

    Чай з лимоном, будьте ласкаві. — Ahha

    ruЧай с лимоном, пожалуйста. — marafon

    deEinen Tee mit Zitrone, bitte. — MUIRIEL

Origin

Inherited from Middle English lymon, from Old French lymon (“citrus”), from Arabic لَيْمُو

Inherited from Middle English lymon, from Old French lymon (“citrus”), from Arabic لَيْمُون (laymūn) or Classical Persian لِیمُون (līmūn), a variant of Classical Persian لِیمُو (līmū, līmō), from Sanskrit निम्बू (nimbū, “lime”), ultimately from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *limaw or Munda. Doublet of lime.

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Forms

lemons, lemoning, lemoned, lemoned
Base formlemon · to lemon
3rd person singularlemons
Present participlelemoning
Past simplelemoned
Past participlelemoned

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theylemon
he, she, itlemons

Past simpleLesson

all personslemoned

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave lemoned
he, she, ithas lemoned

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill lemon

Word family

5 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
lemon — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto