Definition of Lime

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(v. t.)
To treat with lime, or oxide or hydrate of calcium; to manure with lime; as, to lime hides for removing the hair; to lime sails in order to whiten them.
  

(v. t.)
To smear with a viscous substance, as birdlime.
  

(v. t.)
To entangle; to insnare.
  

(v. t.)
To cement.
  

(n.)
The linden tree. See Linden.
  

(n.)
Oxide of calcium; the white or gray, caustic substance, usually called quicklime, obtained by calcining limestone or shells, the heat driving off carbon dioxide and leaving lime. It develops great heat when treated with water, forming slacked lime, and is an essential ingredient of cement, plastering, mortar, etc.
  

(n.)
Birdlime.
  

(n.)
A thong by which a dog is led; a leash.
  

(n.)
A fruit allied to the lemon, but much smaller; also, the tree which bears it. There are two kinds; Citrus Medica, var. acida which is intensely sour, and the sweet lime (C. Medica, var. Limetta) which is only slightly sour.
  

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lime
\lime\, n. [as. līm; akin to d. lijm, g. leim, ohg. līm, icel. līm, sw. lim, dan. liim, l. limus mud, linere to smear, and e. loam. ?126. cf. loam, liniment.]
1. birdlime. like the lime that foolish birds are caught with.
2. (chem.) oxide of calcium; the white or gray, caustic substance, usually called quicklime, obtained by calcining limestone or shells, the heat driving off carbon dioxide and leaving lime. it develops great heat when treated with water, forming slacked lime, and is an essential ingredient of cement, plastering, mortar, etc.
note: lime is the principal constituent of limestone, marble, chalk, bones, shells, etc.

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  similar words(33) 

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 calcined lime 
 lime pit 
 white lime 
 lime mesotype 
 lime-twigged 
 rangpur lime 
 hydraulic lime 
 fluxing lime 
 lime twig 
 ogeechee lime 
 caustic lime 
 lime tree 
 lime hydrate 
 burnt lime 
 lime rod 
 shell lime 
 milk of lime 
 chloride of lime 
 japanese lime 
 water lime 
 air-slacked lime 
 unslaked lime 
 silver lime 
 key lime 
 cream of lime 
 lime burner 
 lime juice 
 hydrated lime 
 lime disease spirochete 
 slaked lime 
 american lime 
 lime light 
 small-leaved lime 

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Calch = n. lime, enamel

Calchedig = a. covered with lime

Calchwr = n. a lime burner

Glydwydd = n. lime twigs

birdlime (a sticky substance used to catch birds by putting it on branches)

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1. hanging around with friends of family
2. a casual gathering of friends and family; this lime has no juice: this gathering is dull

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Noun
1. a caustic substance produced by heating limestone
(synonym) calcium hydroxide, slaked lime, hydrated lime, calcium hydrate, caustic lime, lime hydrate
(hypernym) hydroxide, hydrated oxide
2. a white crystalline oxide used in the production of calcium hydroxide
(synonym) calcium oxide, quicklime, calx, calcined lime, fluxing lime, unslaked lime, burnt lime
(hypernym) oxide
(substance-meronym) calcium, Ca, atomic number 20
3. a sticky adhesive that is smeared on small branches to capture small birds
(synonym) birdlime
(hypernym) adhesive material, adhesive
(derivation) birdlime
4. any of various related trees bearing limes
(synonym) lime tree, Citrus aurantifolia
(hypernym) citrus, citrus tree
(member-holonym) genus Citrus
5. 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
(synonym) linden, linden tree, basswood, lime tree
(hypernym) tree
(hyponym) American basswood, American lime, Tilia americana
(member-holonym) Tilia, genus Tilia
(substance-meronym) basswood, linden
6. the green acidic fruit of any of various lime trees
(hypernym) citrus, citrus fruit, citrous fruit
(hyponym) key lime
(part-holonym) lime tree, Citrus aurantifolia

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Verb
1. spread birdlime on branches to catch birds
(synonym) birdlime
(hypernym) spread, scatter, spread out
(derivation) birdlime
2. cover with lime so as to induce growth; "lime the lawn"
(hypernym) cover
(derivation) calcium oxide, quicklime, calx, calcined lime, fluxing lime, unslaked lime, burnt lime

Colloquial for limestone.

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To dream of lime, foretells that disaster will prostrate you for a time, but you will revive to greater and richer prosperity than before.
  

Compounds of calcium used to correct the acidity of soils.

Compounds of calcium used to correct the acidity of soils.

General Information:
 Chemical Formula:
CaO
 Composition:
(Molecular Weight = 56.08 gm)
Calcium 71.47 % Ca
Oxygen 28.53 % O 
 Empirical Formula:
CaO
Physical Properties:
 Color:
white.
 Density:
3.345
 Hardness:
3.5 - Copper Penny
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CaO

A common water treatment chemical.

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Common water treatment chemical. Lime can be deposed on walls of showers and bathrooms, after lime has reacted with calcium to form limestone.

1) (v) Hanging around with friends of family. 2) (n) A casual gathering of friends and family. "This lime has no juice", this gathering is dull.

1) (v) Hanging around with friends of family.
2) (n) A casual gathering of friends and family. "This lime has no juice", this gathering is dull.

The Hebrew word so rendered means "boiling" or "effervescing." From Isa. 33:12 it appears that lime was made in a kiln lighted by thorn-bushes. In Amos 2:1 it is recorded that the king of Moab "burned the bones of the king of Edom into lime." The same Hebrew word is used in Deut. 27:2-4, and is there rendered "plaster." Limestone is the chief constituent of the mountains of Syria.

the substance obtained form limestone, shells, etc., by heat. It is noticed only three times in the Bible, viz., in (27:2) (Authorized Version "plaster"), (Isaiah 33:12) and Amos 2:1
  

Citrus Aurantifolia, Citrus limetta