Noun lime has 6 senses
  1. calcium hydroxide, lime, slaked lime, hydrated lime, calcium hydrate, caustic lime, lime hydrate - a caustic substance produced by heating limestone
    --1 is a kind of hydroxide, hydrated oxide
    Derived form: verb lime2
  2. calcium oxide, quicklime, lime, calx, calcined lime, fluxing lime, unslaked lime, burnt lime - a white crystalline oxide used in the production of calcium hydroxide
    --2 is a kind of oxide
    --2 has substances: calcium, Ca, atomic number 20
    Derived form: verb lime2
  3. birdlime, lime - a sticky adhesive that is smeared on small branches to capture small birds
    --3 is a kind of adhesive material, adhesive
    Derived form: verb lime1
  4. lime, lime tree, Citrus aurantifolia - any of various related trees bearing limes
    --4 is a kind of citrus, citrus tree
    --4 is a member of genus Citrus
    --4 has parts: lime
  5. linden, linden tree, basswood, lime, lime tree - 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
    --5 is a kind of tree
    --5 is a member of Tilia, genus Tilia
    --5 has substances: basswood, linden
    --5 has particulars:
     American basswood, American lime, Tilia americana; small-leaved linden, small-leaved lime, Tilia cordata; white basswood, cottonwood, Tilia heterophylla; Japanese linden, Japanese lime, Tilia japonica; silver lime, silver linden, Tilia tomentosa
  6. lime - the green acidic fruit of any of various lime trees
    --6 is a kind of
    citrus, citrus fruit, citrous fruit
    --6 is a part of lime, lime tree, Citrus aurantifolia
    --6 has particulars: key lime
,Verb lime has 2 senses
  1. birdlime, lime - spread birdlime on branches to catch birds
    --1 is one way to spread, scatter, spread out
    Derived form: noun lime3
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s something
    Somebody ----s something PP
  2. lime - cover with lime so as to induce growth; "lime the lawn"
    --2 is one way to
    cover
    Derived forms: noun lime2, noun lime1
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s something
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