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limed

limed is the simple past and past participle of lime.

Meaning of lime

Verb (1)

lime (third-person singular simple present limes, present participle liming, simple past and past participle limed)

  1. (transitive) To treat with calcium hydroxide or calcium oxide (lime).
    • If I were you, I'd lime.1917, Rudyard Kipling, The Land
  2. (transitive) To smear with birdlime.
    1. (rare, transitive) 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.1598–1599 (first performance), William Shakespeare, “Much Adoe about Nothing”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward]...
  3. (transitive) To apply limewash.

Verb (2)

lime (third-person singular simple present limes, present participle liming, simple past and past participle limed)

  1. (Barbados, Caribbean, Trinidad-and-Tobago, informal) To hang out or socialize in an informal, relaxed environment, especially with friends, for example at a party or on the beach.

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Words formed from limed

Phrases with limed

Questions about limed

What is limed the simple past and past participle of?
Limed is the simple past and past participle of lime.

Words near limed in the dictionary

  1. limeblossoms
  2. limeburner
  3. limeburners
  4. Limeburners Creek
  5. limecrete
  6. limed
  7. limed ginger
  8. limed gingers
  9. Limedale
  10. limehound
  11. limehounds

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