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Definition of lime verb from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

lime

verb

NAmE//laɪm//

lime somethingVerb Forms present simple I / you / we / they lime

he / she / it limes

past simple limed

-ing form liming

to add the substance lime to soil, especially in order to control the acid in it

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