lime

adjective

1. Containing lime or lime juice.

2. Having the aroma or flavor of lime.

3. Lime-green.

noun

1. a caustic substance produced by heating limestone

Definition categories: substance, hydroxide

2. a white crystalline oxide used in the production of calcium hydroxide

Similar word(s): calx, quicklime

Definition categories: substance, oxide

3. a sticky adhesive that is smeared on small branches to capture small birds

Similar word(s): birdlime

Definition categories: substance, adhesive

4. any of various related trees bearing limes

Definition categories: plant, citrus

5. any of various deciduous trees of the genus Tilia with heart-shaped leaves and drooping cymose clusters of yellowish often fragrant flowers; several yield valuable timber

Similar word(s): basswood, linden

Definition categories: plant, tree

6. the green acidic fruit of any of various lime trees

Definition categories: food, citrus

verb

1. spread birdlime on branches to catch birds

Similar word(s): birdlime

Definition categories: motion, scatter, spread

2. cover with lime so as to induce growth

- lime the lawn

Definition categories: contact, cover