lime

CEFRB1

/laɪm/

noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A small green citrus fruit with a sour taste.

  2. 02

    noun

    A white substance used in building and treating soil.

Examples

  • And she'll never walk down Lime Street anymore.

  • Have you ever coated a wall with lime?

At a glance

Sits at B1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
5
Synonyms
1

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. A limelight; any spotlight.

  2. Any gluey or adhesive substance that traps or captures; sometimes a synonym for birdlime.

  3. Any inorganic material containing calcium, usually calcium oxide (quicklime) or calcium hydroxide (slaked lime).

More examples

In context

  • The woman downed the gin and lime that was served in one swallow.

  • Monster, come, put some lime upon your fingers, and away with the rest.

  • Lime, which is the product of the burning of chalk or limestone, might be bought ready burnt, or it could be burnt in kilns specially constructed in the neighbourhood of the building operations.

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Origin

noun

From Middle English lyme, lym, lime, from Old English līm, from Proto-West Germanic *līm, from Proto-Germanic *līmaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂leyH- (“to smear”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian Liem (“glue”), Dutch lijm (“glue”), German Leim (“glue”), Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish lim (“glue”), Faroese and Icelandic lím (“glue”), Latin limus (“mud”).