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 →

2) A bright yellow-green colour, also called lime green. tree →

3) A white powder made from limestone, used in building, farming and making cement. tree →

4) A lime tree (UK): a tall tree with heart-shaped leaves, also called a linden. tree →

5) Bird-lime is a sticky substance spread on twigs to catch birds. tree →

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 →
• Limes are smaller and sourer than lemons. tree →
• The new football boots are bright lime green. tree →
• We breathed into limewater and it went cloudy. tree →
• The farmer spread lime on the field. tree →
• A tall lime tree shades the village square. tree →
• The pop star loves being in the limelight. tree →
• There are 5 limes in each bag, and Mum bought 3 bags. tree →
• A FOWLER, taking his bird-lime and his twigs, went out to catch birds. tree →

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.
• Gardeners spread lime, an alkali, on sour soil for the same reason.
• Later sailors learned that lemons and limes prevent scurvy, because they contain vitamin C.
• And the peoples shall be as the burnings of lime; as thorns cut down, that are burned in the fire.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «lime» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.