Lime (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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noun
  1. the small, greenish-yellow, acid fruit of a citrus tree, Citrus aurantifolia, allied to the lemon.
  2. the tree that bears this fruit.
  3. greenish yellow.
adjective
  1. of the color lime.
  2. of or made with limes.
noun
  1. 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.
verb (used with object), limed, lim·ing.
  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: The government buildings were freshly limed.
noun
  1. the European linden, Tilia europaea.
noun Informal.
  1. a shortened form of limelight.
noun
  1. short for quicklime, birdlime, slaked lime
  2. any of certain calcium compounds, esp calcium hydroxide, spread as a dressing on lime-deficient land
verb (tr)
  1. to spread (twigs, etc) with birdlime
  2. to spread a calcium compound upon (land) to improve plant growth
  3. to catch (animals, esp birds) with or as if with birdlime
  4. to whitewash or cover (a wall, ceiling, etc) with a mixture of lime and water (limewash)
noun
  1. a small Asian citrus tree, Citrus aurantifolia, with stiff sharp spines and small round or oval greenish fruits
    • the fruit of this tree, having acid fleshy pulp rich in vitamin C
    • (as modifier)
adjective
  1. having the flavour of lime fruit
noun
  1. any linden tree, such as Tilia europaea, planted in many varieties for ornament
verb
  1. (of young people) to sit or stand around on the pavement
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