lime

Meanings

Noun

• Any inorganic material containing calcium, usually calcium oxide (quicklime) or calcium hydroxide (slaked lime).
• Any gluey or adhesive substance; something which traps or captures someone; sometimes a synonym for birdlime.
• A spotlight.
• A deciduous tree of the genus Tilia, especially Tilia × europaea (nothospecies); the linden tree.
• The wood of this tree.
• Any of several green citrus fruit, somewhat smaller and sharper-tasting than a lemon.
• Any of the trees that bear limes, especially Key lime, Citrus aurantiifolia (species).
• A brilliant, sometimes yellowish, green colour associated with the fruits of a lime tree.
• A fan fiction story which contains sexual references, but stops short of full, explicit descriptions of sexual activity (coined by analogy with lemon).
• Alternative of lyam

Verb

• To treat with calcium hydroxide or calcium oxide (lime).
• To smear with birdlime.
• To apply limewash.
• To hang out/socialize in an informal, relaxed environment, especially with friends, for example at a party or on the beach.

Adjective

• Containing lime or lime juice.
• Having the aroma or flavor of lime.
• Lime-green.

Origin

• From Middle English lyme, lym, lime, from Old English līm, from Proto-Germanic *līmaz. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Liem, Dutch lijm, German Leim, Danish lim (from Old Norse lím), Latin limus ("mud").
• Image:Prague_Promenade.jpg|thumb|250px|Avenue of limes in Prague.
• An alteration of line, a variant form of lind.
• Image:Flickr_-_cyclonebill_-_Avocado_og_lime.jpg|thumb|250px|[[avocado|Avocados and limes.]]
• From French lime, from Spanish lima, from Arabic لِيمَة, from Persian لیمو. lemon.
• Back-formation from limer.