Search results for 'lime':

lime¹ noun 1 loosely calcium oxide. 2 loosely slaked lime. 3 loosely limestone. 4 bird-lime. 5 dialect any slimy or gluey substance. verb (liming, limed) 1 to cover with lime. 2 to apply ground limestone as a fertilizer to (soil). 3 to trap (usually birds, but sometimes animals) using bird-lime. liminess noun.
ETYMOLOGY: Anglo-Saxon lim.

lime² noun 1 a small, round or oval, green or yellowish-green citrus fruit with a sour taste, used as a garnish, flavouring for drinks, etc. 2 the yellowish-green colour of this fruit. 3 the small spiny evergreen tree, native to Asia, that bears this fruit. adj (often lime green) being of a yellowish-green colour.
ETYMOLOGY: 17c: from Spanish lima lemon.

lime³ noun 1 (also lime-tree and linden) any of various deciduous trees and shrubs which have heart-shaped leaves and pendulous clusters of fragrant yellow, green or white flowers. 2 the wood from this tree.
ETYMOLOGY: 17c: from Anglo-Saxon lind linden.