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Definition of 'Lime'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) lime
a white or grayish white, lumpy, very slightly water-soluble solid, CaO, used chiefly in mortars, plasters, and cements, and in the manufacture of steel, paper, glass, and various chemicals of calcium.

2.  lime
a calcium compound for improving crops grown in soils deficient in lime.

3. (v.t.) lime
to treat (soil) with lime or compounds of calcium.

4.  lime
to smear (twigs, branches, etc.) with birdlime.

5.  lime
to catch with or as if with birdlime.

6.  lime
to paint or cover (a surface) with a composition of lime and water; whitewash.

7. (n.) lime
the small, greenish yellow, acid fruit of a citrus tree, Citrus aurantifolia, allied to the lemon.

8.  lime
the tree that bears this fruit.

9.  lime
a greenish yellow.

10. (adj.) lime
of the color lime.

11.  lime
of or made with limes.

12. (n.) lime
the European linden,
Tilia europaea.

Etymology: (1615–25; unexplained var. of obs. line, lind, ME, OE lind. See linden)

Definition of 'Lime'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) calcium hydroxide, lime, slaked lime, hydrated lime, calcium hydrate, caustic lime, lime hydrate
a caustic substance produced by heating limestone

2. (noun) calcium oxide, quicklime, lime, calx, calcined lime, fluxing lime, unslaked lime, burnt lime
a white crystalline oxide used in the production of calcium hydroxide

3. (noun) birdlime, lime
a sticky adhesive that is smeared on small branches to capture small birds

4. (noun) lime, lime tree, Citrus aurantifolia
any of various related trees bearing limes

5. (noun) linden, linden tree, basswood, lime, lime tree
any of various deciduous trees of the genus Tilia with heart-shaped leaves and drooping cymose clusters of yellowish often fragrant flowers; several yield valuable timber

6. (verb) lime
the green acidic fruit of any of various lime trees

7. (verb) birdlime, lime
spread birdlime on branches to catch birds

8. (verb) lime
cover with lime so as to induce growth
"lime the lawn"

Definition of 'Lime'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (noun) lime
a tree which bears small green citrus fruit, or this fruit
the juice of two limes

2. lime
a white powdery substance used in cement
to mix the lime with water

Definition of 'Lime'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) Lime
a thong by which a dog is led; a leash

2. (noun) Lime
the linden tree. See Linden

3. (noun) Lime
a fruit allied to the lemon, but much smaller; also, the tree which bears it. There are two kinds; Citrus Medica, var. acida which is intensely sour, and the sweet lime (C. Medica, var. Limetta) which is only slightly sour

4. (noun) Lime
birdlime

5. (noun) Lime
oxide of calcium; the white or gray, caustic substance, usually called quicklime, obtained by calcining limestone or shells, the heat driving off carbon dioxide and leaving lime. It develops great heat when treated with water, forming slacked lime, and is an essential ingredient of cement, plastering, mortar, etc

6. (verb) Lime
to smear with a viscous substance, as birdlime

7. (verb) Lime
to entangle; to insnare

8. (verb) Lime
to treat with lime, or oxide or hydrate of calcium; to manure with lime; as, to lime hides for removing the hair; to lime sails in order to whiten them

9. (verb) Lime
to cement

Translation of 'Lime'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: the white substance left after heating limestone, used in making cement.
Afrikaans: kalk	Arabic: كِلْس، جير	Bulgarian: вар
Brazilian: cal	Czech: vápno	German: der Kalk
Danish: kalk	Greek: ασβέστης	Spanish: cal
Estonian: lubi	Farsi: آهک	Finnish: kalkki
French: chaux	Hebrew: סִיד	Hindi: लोक-प्रसिद्धि
Croatian: vapno	Hungarian: mész	Indonesian: kapur
Icelandic: (óleskjað) kalk	Italian: calce	Japanese: 石灰
Korean: 석회	Lithuanian: kalkės	Latvian: kaļķi
Malay: kapur	Dutch: gebrande kalk	Norwegian: kalk
Polish: wapno	Persian: آهک	Pashto: آهك،د سمينټو په جوړښت كښى
Portuguese: cal	Romanian: var (nestins)	Russian: известь
Slovak: vápno	Slovenian: apno	Serbian: kreč
Swedish: kalk	Thai: ปูนขาว	Turkish: (sönmüş) kireç
Taiwanese: 石灰	Ukrainian: вапно	Urdu: چونا
Vietnamese: vôi	Chinese: 石灰
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