'lime' in a sentence
Learn how to use 'lime' with 4 example sentences.
- lime verb
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: spread birdlime on branches to catch birds
: cover with lime so as to induce growth
- lime noun
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: a caustic substance produced by heating limestone
: a white crystalline oxide used in the production of calcium hydroxide
: a sticky adhesive that is smeared on small branches to capture small birds
: any of various related trees bearing limes
: 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
: the green acidic fruit of any of various lime trees
This is a lime tree.
Lemons and limes are acidic fruits.
Put the lime in the coconut.
Have you ever coated a wall with lime?