Find your perfect word!

Definition lime

Etymology 1

From Middle English lyme, lym, lime, from Old English l?m, from Proto-Germanic *l?maz. Cognate with Danish lim (from Old Norse l�m), Dutch lijm, German Leim; Latin limus (�mud�).

Noun

lime (countable and uncountable, plural limes)

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

Verb

lime (third-person singular simple present limes, present participle liming, simple past and past participle limed)

1. (transitive) To treat with calcium hydroxide or calcium oxide (lime).
2. (transitive) To smear with birdlime.
   1. (rare) To ensnare, catch, entrap.
3. (transitive) To apply limewash.

Etymology 2

From French lime, from Spanish lima, from Arabic ??????‎ (l?ma), from Persian ????‎ (l?m?).

Noun

lime (plural limes)

1. Any of several green citrus fruit, somewhat smaller and sharper-tasting than a lemon.
2. Any of the trees that bear limes, especially Key lime, Citrus aurantiifolia.
3. A light, somewhat yellowish, green colour associated with the fruits of a lime tree.

Adjective

lime (not comparable)

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

Etymology 4

Back-formation from limer.

Verb

lime (third-person singular simple present limes, present participle liming, simple past and past participle limed)

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

Etymology 5

Noun

lime (plural limes)

1. Alternative form of lyam (a leash)

Etymology 6

From lime (the fruit) as comparable to lemon (a more explicit rating in anime).

Noun

lime (plural limes)

1. (anime) A fan fiction story that stops short of full, explicit descriptions of sexual activity, with the intimacy left to the reader's imagination.

Results 402 Words with the letters LIME

You can also try words with the phrase LIME, words starting with the letters LIME, or words ending in the letters LIME.

Favorites Searches

Words… ending with q, starting with q, starting with qa, starting with qo, with two letters, starting with x, starting with j, ending with j,

Some random searches: Words with the letters WSVE, Words with the letters NICR, Words with the letters PVLI, Words with the letters QKKA,