lime

Meaning

Noun

1. Any inorganic material containing calcium, usually calcium oxide (quicklime) or calcium hydroxide (slaked lime).
2. Any gluey or adhesive substance; something which traps or captures someone; sometimes a synonym for birdlime.
3. A spotlight.

Verb

1. To treat with calcium hydroxide or calcium oxide (lime).
2. To smear with birdlime.
3. To smear with birdlime.
4. To apply limewash.

Adj

1. Containing lime or lime juice.
2. Having the aroma or flavor of lime.
3. Lime-green.

Verb

To hang out/socialize in an informal, relaxed environment, especially with friends, for example at a party or on the beach.

Synonyms

calcium

linden

chalk

lemon

🍋

lime tree

birdlime

whitewash

quicklime

limestone

basswood

slaked lime

calcium oxide

mortar

calcium hydroxide

caustic lime

citron

linden tree

unslaked lime

citrus

Citrus aurantifolia

calx

burnt lime

basswood

calcareous

citrus fruit

lime hydrate

limy

plaster

calcium hydrate

hydrated lime

Tilia

calcined lime

fluxing lime

key lime

linden

linden-tree

mistletoe

cement

negus

oblate

lime cordial

catechu

quick lime

calcimine

tartar

unquenchable

calcify

calciferous

bird-lime

limescale

sticky material

L

L

small basket

ground limestone

ponzu

greenish yellow

calcia

dehydrated lime

bass

Citrus

agricultural lime

calcareous magnesium amendments

liming materials

chunam

Spanish lime

Spanish lime tree

lime green

genip

ginep

honey berry

ashes

inextinguishable

mamoncillo

lime juice

lime mortar

ineffaceable

grapefruit

lime-tree

chalk-stone

file

fatigued

Pronounced as (IPA)

/laɪm/

Etymology

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”).
Cognate with Saterland Frisian Liem (“glue”), Dutch lijm, German Leim (“glue”), Danish lim (from Old Norse lím), Latin limus (“mud”).