LIME

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I. (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The green acidic fruit of any of various lime trees

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Hypernyms ("lime" is a kind of...):

citrous fruit; citrus; citrus fruit (any of numerous fruits of the genus Citrus having thick rind and juicy pulp; grown in warm regions)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "lime"):

key lime (small yellow-green limes of southern Florida)

Holonyms ("lime" is a part of...):

Citrus aurantifolia; lime; lime tree (any of various related trees bearing limes)

Sense 2

Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

basswood; lime; lime tree; linden; linden tree

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("lime" is a kind of...):

tree (a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms)

Meronyms (substance of "lime"):

basswood; linden (soft light-colored wood of any of various linden trees; used in making crates and boxes and in carving and millwork)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "lime"):

American basswood; American lime; Tilia americana (large American shade tree with large dark green leaves and rounded crown)

small-leaved lime; small-leaved linden; Tilia cordata (large spreading European linden with small dark green leaves; often cultivated as an ornamental)

cottonwood; Tilia heterophylla; white basswood (American basswood of the Allegheny region)

Japanese lime; Japanese linden; Tilia japonica (medium-sized tree of Japan used as an ornamental)

silver lime; silver linden; Tilia tomentosa (large tree native to eastern Europe and Asia Minor having leaves with white tomentum on the under side; widely cultivated as an ornamental)

Holonyms ("lime" is a member of...):

genus Tilia; Tilia (deciduous trees with smooth usually silver-grey bark of North America and Europe and Asia: lime trees; lindens; basswood)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Any of various related trees bearing limes

Synonyms:

Citrus aurantifolia; lime; lime tree

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("lime" is a kind of...):

citrus; citrus tree (any of numerous tropical usually thorny evergreen trees of the genus Citrus having leathery evergreen leaves and widely cultivated for their juicy edible fruits having leathery aromatic rinds)

Meronyms (parts of "lime"):

lime (the green acidic fruit of any of various lime trees)

Holonyms ("lime" is a member of...):

genus Citrus (orange; lemon; lime; etc.)

Sense 4

Meaning:

A sticky adhesive that is smeared on small branches to capture small birds

Synonyms:

birdlime; lime

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("lime" is a kind of...):

adhesive; adhesive agent; adhesive material (a substance that unites or bonds surfaces together)

Derivation:

lime (spread birdlime on branches to catch birds)

Sense 5

Meaning:

A white crystalline oxide used in the production of calcium hydroxide

Synonyms:

burnt lime; calcined lime; calcium oxide; calx; fluxing lime; lime; quicklime; unslaked lime

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("lime" is a kind of...):

oxide (any compound of oxygen with another element or a radical)

Meronyms (substance of "lime"):

atomic number 20; Ca; calcium (a white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light; the fifth most abundant element in the earth's crust; an important component of most plants and animals)

Derivation:

lime (cover with lime so as to induce growth)

Sense 6

Meaning:

A caustic substance produced by heating limestone

Synonyms:

calcium hydrate; calcium hydroxide; caustic lime; hydrated lime; lime; lime hydrate; slaked lime

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("lime" is a kind of...):

hydrated oxide; hydroxide (a compound of an oxide with water)

Derivation:

lime (cover with lime so as to induce growth)

II. (verb)

Verb forms

Present simple: I / you / we / they lime ... he / she / it limes

Past simple: limed

Past participle: limed

-ing form: liming

Sense 1

Meaning:

Cover with lime so as to induce growth

Example:

lime the lawn

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "lime" is one way to...):

cover (provide with a covering or cause to be covered)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

lime (a white crystalline oxide used in the production of calcium hydroxide)

lime (a caustic substance produced by heating limestone)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Spread birdlime on branches to catch birds

Synonyms:

birdlime; lime

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Hypernyms (to "lime" is one way to...):

scatter; spread; spread out (strew or distribute over an area)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something PP

Derivation:

lime (a sticky adhesive that is smeared on small branches to capture small birds)

Credits

Context examples:

It was a woman's hand which cast this lime into mine eyes, and though I saw her stoop, and might well have stopped her ere she threw, I deemed it unworthy of my knighthood to hinder or balk one of her sex.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

If one girl likes another, she gives her a lime.