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21lime */ — UK [laɪm] / US noun Word forms lime : singular lime plural limes 1) [countable/uncountable] a fruit with a hard green skin and sour juice that grows on a lime tree a slice of lime 2) [uncountable] a white substance used for making cement and for… …
22lime — n. 1. Quicklime, protoxide of calcium. 2. Linden, lime tree. 3. Lime fruit tree (Citrus limetta). 4. Lime fruit …
23lime — liepa statusas T sritis vardynas apibrėžtis Liepinių (Tiliaceae) šeimos augalų gentis (Tilia). atitikmenys: lot. Tilia angl. basswood; lime; lime tree; linden vok. Linde rus. липа lenk. lipa …
24Lime — Lime, n. [F. lime; of Persian origin. See {Lemon}.] 1. (Bot.) The fruit of the {Citrus aurantifolia}, allied to the lemon, but greener in color; also, the tree which bears it. Note: The term lime was formerly also applied to variants of the… …
25lime — lime1 [līm] n. [ME < OE līm, akin to Ger leim < IE base * (s)lei , SLIME, wet and sticky, to smooth over > Gr leios, smooth, L limus, slime, mud, linere, to smear, levis, smooth, OE lam, clay] 1. short for BIRDLIME 2. a white substance,… …
26Lime — Lime, n. [Formerly line, for earlier lind. See {Linden}.] (Bot.) The linden tree. See {Linden}. [1913 Webster] …
27lind [lind] 1. f (-e/-a) lime-tree, linden; 2 shield (of wood); 2. see lynd — m ( n/ n) crash of shields, battle …
28lime — lime1 limeless, adj. limelike, adj. /luym/, n., v., limed, liming. n. 1. Also called burnt lime, calcium oxide, caustic lime, calx, quicklime. a white or grayish white, odorless, lumpy, very slightly water soluble solid, CaO, tha …
29lime — I. /laɪm / (say luym) noun 1. the oxide of calcium, CaO, a white caustic solid (quicklime or unslaked lime) prepared by calcining limestone, etc., used in making mortar and cement. When treated with water it produces calcium hydroxide, Ca(OH)2,… …
30lime — I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English līm; akin to Old High German līm birdlime, Latin limus mud, slime, and perhaps to Latin linere to smear Date: before 12th century 1. birdlime 2. a. a caustic highly infusible solid that consists …
