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# lime

«lime» in Mova's school dictionary: **A small round green citrus fruit with sour juice** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 4 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a lime, limes; lime — uncountable for the chemical and the colour); adjective (lime green)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A small round green citrus fruit with sour juice. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lime/#m1)

2) A bright yellow-green colour, also called lime green. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lime/#m2)

3) A white powder made from limestone, used in building, farming and making cement. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lime/#m3)

4) A lime tree (UK): a tall tree with heart-shaped leaves, also called a linden. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lime/#m4)

5) Bird-lime is a sticky substance spread on twigs to catch birds. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lime/#m5)

### sense in the lessons

In cooking and everyday life limes flavour drinks and food. In science «lime» is calcium oxide or calcium hydroxide; «limewater» turns cloudy (milky) when carbon dioxide is bubbled through it — a classic test. Farmers spread lime on soil to make it less acidic. Phrase: «in the limelight» means being the centre of attention (old theatre lights burned lime).

### examples

- She squeezed a lime over the fish. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lime/#x1)
- Limes are smaller and sourer than lemons. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lime/#x2)
- The new football boots are bright lime green. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lime/#x3)
- We breathed into limewater and it went cloudy. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lime/#x4)
- The farmer spread lime on the field. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lime/#x5)
- A tall lime tree shades the village square. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lime/#x6)
- The pop star loves being in the limelight. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lime/#x7)
- There are 5 limes in each bag, and Mum bought 3 bags. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lime/#x8)
- A FOWLER, taking his bird-lime and his twigs, went out to catch birds. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lime/#x9)

### note

Countable for fruit (two limes); uncountable for the powder (some lime). Lime is not the same as a lemon. Lime powder can burn skin and eyes — handle with gloves. In maths: «6 limes at 30 cents each» costs 180 cents.

### In the corpora

- [Feather grass, wild tulips and lime trees each have clever tricks to live here.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/377-ukraine-s-plants-sunflowers-viburnum-poppies-lime-trees-and-steppe-grasses/6/)
- [Gardeners spread lime, an alkali, on sour soil for the same reason.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/chemistry/16-alkalis-and-soda/5/)
- [Later sailors learned that lemons and limes prevent scurvy, because they contain vitamin C.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/history/27-explorers-magellan-around-the-world-and-the-people-already-there/8/)
- [And the peoples shall be as the burnings of lime; as thorns cut down, that are burned in the fire.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ISA.693/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «lime» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lime/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.