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Definition of lime verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

lime

verb
 
/laɪm/
 
/laɪm/
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they lime
 
/laɪm/
 
/laɪm/
he / she / it limes
 
/laɪmz/
 
/laɪmz/
past simple limed
 
/laɪmd/
 
/laɪmd/
past participle limed
 
/laɪmd/
 
/laɪmd/
-ing form liming
 
/ˈlaɪmɪŋ/
 
/ˈlaɪmɪŋ/
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  1. lime something to add the substance lime to soil, especially in order to control the acid in it
    Word Originverb Old English līm, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch lijm, German Leim, also to loam.
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