Meaning

5 senses

  1. (transitive)To treat with calcium hydroxide or calcium oxide (lime).

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    разбра́сывать и́звестьrazbrásyvatʹ ízvestʹ

  2. (transitive)To smear with birdlime.

    spread birdlime on branches to catch birds

  3. To smear with birdlime.

    (rare, transitive)To ensnare, catch, entrap.

  4. (transitive)To apply limewash.

  5. (Barbados, Caribbean, Trinidad and Tobago, informal)To hang out or socialize in an informal, relaxed environment, especially with friends, for example at a party or on the beach.

Examples

37 sentences

  1. 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

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  2. Lemons and limes are citrus fruits.

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  3. Put the lime in the coconut.

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  4. Lemon and lime are citrus fruits.

    ruЛимон и лайм — цитрусы. — Wezel

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  5. Heather thrives in lime-free areas.

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Translations

6 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
to treat with lime:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
to treat with lime:

Origin

From Middle English lyme, lym, lime, from Old English līm, from Proto-West Germanic *līm,

From Middle English lyme, lym, lime, from Old English līm, from Proto-West Germanic *līm, from Proto-Germanic *līmaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂leyH- (“to smear”).

Either a back-formation of limer or from the derogatory term limey, a term first given to British soldiers but also used by Trinidadians for American soldiers who used to hang out idle in Port of Spain during World War 2.

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Forms

limes, liming, limed, limed
Base formlime · to lime
3rd person singularlimes
Present participleliming
Past simplelimed
Past participlelimed

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theylime
he, she, itlimes

Past simpleLesson

all personslimed

Present perfectLesson

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

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill lime

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • spread birdlime on branches to catch birds:birdlime

Word family

3 related words
Derivedoverlimerelimeunlimed

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
limberlimblesslimbolimelightlimericklimestone
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