lime
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /laɪm/
- Rhymes: -aɪm
Etymology 1
From Middle English lyme, lym, lime, from Old English līm, from Proto-Germanic *līmaz. Cognate with Danish lim (from Old Norse lím), Dutch lijm, German Leim; Latin limus (“mud”).
Noun
lime (countable and uncountable, plural limes)
- (chemistry) Any inorganic material containing calcium, usually calcium oxide (quicklime) or calcium hydroxide (slaked lime).
- 1952, L.F. Salzman, Building in England, page 149.
- Lime, which is the product of the burning of chalk or limestone, might be bought ready burnt, or it could be burnt in kilns specially constructed in the neighbourhood of the building operations.
- 1952, L.F. Salzman, Building in England, page 149.
- (poetic) Any gluey or adhesive substance; something which traps or captures someone; sometimes a synonym for birdlime.
- 1610, The Tempest, by William Shakespeare, act 4 scene 1
- Monster, come, put some lime upon your fingers, and away with the rest.
- (Can we date this quote?) Wordsworth
- Like the lime that foolish birds are caught with.
- 1610, The Tempest, by William Shakespeare, act 4 scene 1
Derived terms
- limewater
- limeworking
- quicklime
- slaked lime
- soda lime
- unslaked lime
- white lime
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Verb
lime (third-person singular simple present limes, present participle liming, simple past and past participle limed)
- (transitive) To treat with calcium hydroxide or calcium oxide (lime).
- Rudyard Kipling, The Land
- If I were you, I'd lime.
- Rudyard Kipling, The Land
- (transitive) To smear with birdlime.
- (rare) To ensnare, catch, entrap.
- 1599, William Shakespeare, Much Ado About Nothing, Act 3 Scene 1
- URSULA. She's lim'd, I warrant you: we have caught her, madam.
- HERO. If it prove so, then loving goes by haps:
- Some Cupid kills with arrows, some with traps.
- 1891, Thomas Hardy, Tess of the d'Urbervilles, volume 1, London: James R. Osgood, McIlvaine and Co., page 39:
- Abraham, like his parents, seemed to have been limed and caught by the ensnaring inn.
- 1599, William Shakespeare, Much Ado About Nothing, Act 3 Scene 1
- (rare) To ensnare, catch, entrap.
- (transitive) To apply limewash.
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Noun
lime (plural limes)
- A deciduous tree of the genus Tilia, especially Tilia × europaea; the linden tree, or its wood.
- 1871–72, George Eliot, Middlemarch, Chapter 3
- she looked before her, not consciously seeing, but absorbing into the intensity of her mood, the solemn glory of the afternoon with its long swathes of light between the far-off rows of limes, whose shadows touched each other.
- 1871–72, George Eliot, Middlemarch, Chapter 3
Usage notes
- Both this and the citrus are trees with fragrant flowers, but this is more temperate and the citrus is more tropical and subtropical. Outside of Europe and adjoining parts of Asia, the citrus sense is much more common
Derived terms
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Etymology 3
From French lime, from Spanish lima, from Arabic لِيمَة (līma), from Persian لیمو (līmū).
Noun
lime (plural limes)
Usage notes
Both this and the linden are trees with fragrant flowers, but the linden is more temperate and this is more tropical and subtropical. Outside of Europe and adjoining parts of Asia, this sense is much more common.
Derived terms
- Australian desert-lime (Citrus glauca
- Australian finger-lime (Citrus australasica
- Australian lime (Citrus glauca, C. australasica, C. australis)
- caviar lime (Citrus australasica)
- desert lime (Citrus glauca)
- finger lime (Citrus australasica)
- Indian sweet lime
- kaffir lime (Citrus hystrix)
- Key lime (Citrus × aurantifolia)
- Key lime pie
- lemon and lime
- lemon lime
- limeade
- lime-green
- lime juice
- limequat
- limey
- Mandarin lime (Citrus limonia)
- musk lime (Citrus × microcarpa, syn. Citrofortunella mitis)
- Palestinian sweet lime
- Persian lime (Citrus × latifolia)
- Rangpur lime (Citrus limonia)
- Spanish lime (Melicoccus bijugatus)
- sweet lime (Citrus limettioides)
- Tahiti lime (Citrus latifolia)
- Thai lime (Citrus hystrix)
- wild lime (Adelia ricinella, (Zanthoxylum fagara)
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Colors in English · colors, colours (layout · text) | ||||
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white | gray, grey | black | ||
red ; crimson | orange ; brown | yellow ; cream | ||
lime | green | mint | ||
cyan ; teal | azure, sky blue | blue | ||
violet ; indigo | magenta ; purple | pink |
Adjective
lime (not comparable)
- Containing lime or lime juice.
- Having the aroma or flavor of lime.
- Lime-green.
Translations
Etymology 4
Back-formation from limer.
Verb
lime (third-person singular simple present limes, present participle liming, simple past and past participle limed)
Derived terms
Etymology 6
From lime (the fruit) as comparable to lemon (a more explicit rating in anime).
Noun
lime (plural limes)
- (anime) A fan fiction story that stops short of full, explicit descriptions of sexual activity, with the intimacy left to the reader's imagination.
Danish
Inflection
Finnish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈlime/, [ˈlime̞]
- Hyphenation: li‧me
Usage notes
This word is now more common than limetti but still regarded as less correct by, for example, the Kielitoimiston sanakirja. Some inflected forms are indeed quite awkward to use.
Declension
Inflection of lime (Kotus type 8/nalle, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | lime | limet | |
genitive | limen | limejen | |
partitive | limeä | limejä | |
illative | limeen | limeihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | lime | limet | |
accusative | nom. | lime | limet |
gen. | limen | ||
genitive | limen | limejen limeinrare | |
partitive | limeä | limejä | |
inessive | limessä | limeissä | |
elative | limestä | limeistä | |
illative | limeen | limeihin | |
adessive | limellä | limeillä | |
ablative | limeltä | limeiltä | |
allative | limelle | limeille | |
essive | limenä | limeinä | |
translative | limeksi | limeiksi | |
instructive | — | limein | |
abessive | limettä | limeittä | |
comitative | — | limeineen |
Synonyms
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /lim/
audio (une lime) (file) - Rhymes: -im
Derived terms
Synonyms
- (fruit): limette
Further reading
- “lime” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Galician
Norwegian Bokmål
Noun
lime m (definite singular limen, indefinite plural limer, definite plural limene)
- a lime (citrus fruit)
Verb
lime (imperative lim, present tense limer, passive limes, simple past lima or limet or limte, past participle lima or limet or limt, present participle limende)
Related terms
- lim (noun)
Norwegian Nynorsk
Noun
lime m (definite singular limen, indefinite plural limar, definite plural limane)
- a lime (citrus fruit)
Synonyms
- limett
Portuguese
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈlime/