How do you use the word "lime" in a sentence?

Q: How do you use the word "lime" in a sentence?

Here are real-life examples of using "lime": And she'll never walk down Lime Street anymore. The woman downed the gin and lime that was served in one swallow.

Lime Meaning

/laɪm/

Definition, CEFR level B1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.

Definition

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

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

Sentence Examples

And she'll never walk down Lime Street anymore.

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

Have you ever coated a wall with lime?

CEFR Practice Quiz

To make the drink less sweet, the bartender added a ____ slice to the glass.

CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)

I'll squeeze a bit of fresh ____ juice over the fish to give it a nice zesty and refreshing flavor tonight.

Word Origin & History

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”).

Literary Quotations & Historical Citations

"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." — 1952, L.F. Salzman, Building in England, page 149:

"Monster, come, put some lime upon your fingers, and away with the rest." — 1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tempest”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene i]:

"Like the lime which foolish birds are caught with." — 1835, William Wordsworth, They called Thee Merry England, in old time [first line of unnamed poem]:

"Sellers moved on until he was actually trusted to operate the limes, the spotlights that can make or destroy an artist's act." — 1980, Peter Evans, Peter Sellers: The Mask Behind the Mask, page 30:

"Then out of the blue, a spotlight much like the “limes” in a theatre, lit up what seemed like a Punch and Judy tent […] He struggled even more, when from out of the shadows and into the bright light of the limes, stepped Uncle Jolly." — 2018, Robert Charles Hines, Twists and Turns: 13 Tales of the Uneasy, page 121:

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