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li⋅mes

  [lahy-mees]
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–noun, plural lim⋅i⋅tes  [lim-i-teez] .
1. a boundary, esp. the fortified border or frontier of a country.
2. (initial capital letter) Siegfried line.
3. an ancient Roman frontier fortification.
Origin:
1530–40; < L līmes; see limit
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lime

1  [lahym] noun, verb, limed, lim⋅ing.
–noun
1. Also called burnt lime, calcium oxide, caustic lime, calx, quicklime. a white or grayish-white, odorless, lumpy, very slightly water-soluble solid, CaO, that when combined with water forms calcium hydroxide (slaked lime), obtained from calcium carbonate, limestone, or oyster shells: used chiefly in mortars, plasters, and cements, in bleaching powder, and in the manufacture of steel, paper, glass, and various chemicals of calcium.
2. a calcium compound for improving crops grown in soils deficient in lime.
3. birdlime.
–verb (used with object)
4. to treat (soil) with lime or compounds of calcium.
5. to smear (twigs, branches, etc.) with birdlime.
6. to catch with or as if with birdlime.
7. to paint or cover (a surface) with a composition of lime and water; whitewash: The government buildings were freshly limed.
Origin:
bef. 900; ME, OE līm; c. D lijm, G Leim, ON līm glue, L līmus slime; akin to loam

Related forms:
limeless, adjective
limelike, adjective

lime

2  [lahym]
–noun
1. the small, greenish-yellow, acid fruit of a citrus tree, Citrus aurantifolia, allied to the lemon.
2. the tree that bears this fruit.
3. greenish yellow.
–adjective
4. of the color lime.
5. of or made with limes.
Origin:
1615–25; < Sp lima < Ar līmah, līm citrus fruit < Pers līmū(n); cf. lemon

Related forms:
limeless, adjective
limelike, adjective

lime

3  [lahym]
–noun
the European linden, Tilia europaea.
Origin:
1615–25; unexplained var. of obs. line, lind, ME, OE lind. See linden

lime

4  [lahym]
–noun Informal.
limelight.
Origin:
shortened form
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lime 1   (līm)   
n.  

  1. A spiny evergreen shrub or tree (Citrus aurantifolia), native to Asia and having leathery leaves, fragrant white flowers, and edible fruit.

  2. The egg-shaped fruit of this plant, having a green rind and acid juice used as flavoring.


[Probably French from Spanish lima, from Arabic līma, līm, probably from līmūn, lemon; see lemon.]
lime 2   (līm)   
n.  See linden.

[Alteration of Middle English lind, line, from Old English lind.]
lime 3   (līm)   
n.  

    1. See calcium oxide.

    2. Any of various mineral and industrial forms of calcium oxide differing chiefly in water content and percentage of constituents such as silica, alumina, and iron. Also called quicklime.

  2. Birdlime.

tr.v.   limed, lim·ing, limes

  1. To treat with lime.

  2. To smear with birdlime.

  3. To catch or snare with or as if with birdlime.


[Middle English lim, from Old English līm, birdlime; see lei- in Indo-European roots.]
lim'y adj.
li·mes   (lī'mēz)   
n.   pl. lim·i·tes (lĭm'ĭ-tēz')
A fortified boundary or border, especially of the Roman Empire.

[Latin līmes, līmit-.]
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Word Origin & History

lime  (1)
"chalky mineral used in making mortar," from O.E. lim "sticky substance, birdlime, mortar," from P.Gmc. *leimaz (cf. O.N. lim, Du. lijm, Ger. Leim), from PIE base *(s)lei- "slime, slimy, sticky" (cf. L. limus "slime, mud, mire," linere "to smear;" O.E. slim "slime;" Skt. linati "adheres to, slips into, disappears;" Gk. alinein "to anoint, besmear;" O.Ir. leinam "I follow," lit. "I stick to"). Lime is made by putting limestone or shells in a red heat, which burns off the carbonic acid and leaves a brittle white solid which dissolves easily in water. Birdlime is a viscous sticky stuff prepared from holly bark and used to catch small birds. Limestone is first attested 1523.
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: 2lime
Function: noun
: the small globose greenish yellow fruit of a spiny tropical tree of the genus Citrus (C. aurantifolia) withelliptic oblong narrowly winged leaves that has an acid juicy pulp used as a flavoring agent and as a source of vitamin C
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lime 2
n.

  1. Any of various mineral and industrial forms of calcium oxide differing chiefly in water content and percentage of constituents such as silica, alumina, and iron.

  2. See calcium oxide.

limes li·mes (lī'mēz)
n. pl. lim·i·tes (lĭm'ĭ-tēz')
Abbr. L
A boundary, limit, or threshold.

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