lime

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

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

   “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.”

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

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

3. isim A limelight; any spotlight.

   “Sellers moved on until he was actually trusted to operate the limes, the spotlights that can make or destroy an artist's act.”

4. fiil To treat with calcium hydroxide or calcium oxide (lime).

   “If I were you, I'd lime.”

5. fiil To smear with birdlime.
6. fiil To ensnare, catch, entrap.

   “URSULA. She's lim'd, I warrant you: we have caught her, madam. HERO. If it prove so, then loving goes by haps: Some Cupid kills with arrows, some with traps.”

7. fiil To apply limewash.
8. isim A deciduous tree of the genus Tilia, especially Tilia × europaea; the linden tree.

   “The linden or lime tree is the favourite haunt of the Elves and cognate beings; and it is not safe to be near it after sunset.”

9. isim The wood of this tree.
10. isim Any of several green citrus fruit, somewhat smaller and sharper-tasting than a lemon.
11. isim Any of the trees that bear limes, especially Key lime, Citrus aurantiifolia.
12. isim Any of several brilliant, sometimes yellowish, green colours associated with the fruits of a lime tree.
13. isim A particular one of those colours that has been standardized under this name, at least in some organizations' standards.
14. isim A fan fiction story which contains sexual references, but stops short of full, explicit descriptions of sexual activity (coined by analogy with lemon).

    “WARNING: This is a lime. While it does not show explicit sex, as a lemon would, references to sexual situations abound.”

15. sıfat Containing lime or lime juice.
16. sıfat Having the aroma or flavor of lime.
17. sıfat Lime-green.
18. fiil To hang out or socialize in an informal, relaxed environment, especially with friends, for example at a party or on the beach.
19. isim A casual gathering to socialize.
20. isim Alternative form of lyam (“a leash”).