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)
- To treat with calcium hydroxide or calcium oxide (lime).
- If I were you, I'd lime.1917, Rudyard Kipling, The Land
- To smear with birdlime.
- 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]...
- URSULA. She's lim'd, I warrant you: we have caught her, madam.
- To ensnare, catch, entrap.
- To apply limewash.
Verb (2)
lime (third-person singular simple present limes, present participle liming, simple past and past participle limed)
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
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