Meaning

1 senses

  1. To paint with limewash (slaked lime in water).

    Near-synonym: whitewash (often coinstantial)

Origin

From lime + wash.

From lime + wash.

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Forms

limewashes, limewashing, limewashed, limewashed
Base formlimewash · to limewash
3rd person singularlimewashes
Present participlelimewashing
Past simplelimewashed
Past participlelimewashed

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theylimewash
he, she, itlimewashes

Past simpleLesson

all personslimewashed

Present perfectLesson

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

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill limewash

Synonyms

1 synonyms
whitewash

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
limelightlimericklimestonelimitB1limitationB1
limewash — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto