Usually means: Green citrus fruit, sour flavor.
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We found 50 dictionaries that define the word lime:

General (26 matching dictionaries)
  1. lime: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. lime, lime, lime, lime: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. lime, lime, lime: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. lime: Collins English Dictionary
  5. lime: Vocabulary.com
  6. Lime, lime: Wordnik
  7. lime: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. lime: Wiktionary
  9. lime: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. lime: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. lime: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. LIME: Dictionary.com
  13. lime (1), lime (2), lime (3): Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. lime: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. LIME (Cable & Wireless), LIME (telecommunications company), Lime (Citrus aurantifolia), Lime (TV), Lime (band), Lime (color), Lime (disambiguation), Lime (fruit), Lime (magazine), Lime (material), Lime (mineral), Lime (singer), Lime (software), Lime (transportation company), Lime: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. Lime: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  17. lime: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  18. lime: Rhymezone
  19. lime, lime (f): AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  20. lime: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  21. lime: Stammtisch Beau Fleuve Acronyms
  22. lime: Free Dictionary
  23. lime: Mnemonic Dictionary
  24. lime: Dictionary/thesaurus

Art (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. Epicurus.com Spanish Glossary (No longer online)
  2. Shakespeare Glossary (No longer online)
  3. Lime (Europe): Marquetry Glossary
  4. Natural Magick (No longer online)

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Lime (fruit), lime: Encyclopedia

Medicine (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  2. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  3. Lime (tree), lime: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. Encyclopedia of Graphic Symbols (No longer online)
  2. Lime: Bar-Nones Dictionary of Drinking
  3. Brilliant Dream Dictionary (No longer online)
  4. LIME: Acronym Finder

Religion (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Lime: Easton Bible
  2. Lime: Smith's Bible Dictionary

Science (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. lime: LITTLE EXPLORERS(TM) Picture Dictionary
  2. Botanical Terms (No longer online)

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. lime, lime, lime, lime, lime: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. Totally Unofficial Rap (No longer online)

Tech (6 matching dictionaries)
  1. BBC Food Glossary (No longer online)
  2. lime: Construction deterioration & building durability glossary
  3. Illustrated Glass Dictionary (No longer online)
  4. Lake and Water Word Glossary (No longer online)
  5. Urban Conservation Glossary (No longer online)
  6. LIME: Power Engineering

(Note: See limed as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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noun:  (chemistry) Any inorganic material containing calcium, usually calcium oxide (quicklime) or calcium hydroxide (slaked lime).
noun:  (poetic) Any gluey or adhesive substance; something which traps or captures someone; sometimes a synonym for birdlime.
noun:  (theater) A spotlight.
verb:  (transitive) To treat with calcium hydroxide or calcium oxide (lime).
verb:  (transitive) To smear with birdlime.
verb:  (rare) To ensnare, catch, entrap.
verb:  (transitive) To apply limewash.
noun:  A deciduous tree of the genus Tilia, especially Tilia × europaea; the linden tree.
noun:  The wood of this tree.
noun:  Any of several green citrus fruit, somewhat smaller and sharper-tasting than a lemon.
noun:  Any of the trees that bear limes, especially Key lime, Citrus aurantiifolia.
noun:  (uncountable) A brilliant, sometimes yellowish, green colour associated with the fruits of a lime tree.
noun:  (fandom slang) A fan fiction story which contains sexual references, but stops short of full, explicit descriptions of sexual activity (coined by analogy with lemon).
adjective:  Containing lime or lime juice.
adjective:  Having the aroma or flavor of lime.
adjective:  Lime-green.
verb:  (Caribbean, Barbados, 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.
noun:  (Caribbean, Trinidad & Tobago) A casual gathering to socialize.
noun:  Alternative form of lyam (“a leash”) [(obsolete) A leash.]

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