lime

  1. Noun.  (chemistry) a general term for inorganic materials containing calcium, usually calcium oxide or calcium hydroxide; quicklime.
  2. Noun.  (poetic) any gluey or adhesive substance; something which traps or captures someone.
  3. Verb.  (transitive) To treat with calcium hydroxide or calcium oxide (lime).
  4. Noun.  A deciduous tree of the genus ''Tilia'', especially ''Tilia X vulgaris''; the linden tree, or its wood.
  5. Noun.  A green citrus fruit, somewhat smaller and sharper-tasting than a lemon.
  6. Noun.  Any of the trees that bear limes, especially ''Citrus aurantiifolia''.
  7. Noun.  A light, somewhat yellowish, green colour associated with the fruits of a lime tree.
  8. Noun.  (fandom) A piece of fanfiction with suggestive or erotic, but not explicit content.
  9. Adjective.  Containing lime or lime juice.
  10. Adjective.  Having the aroma or flavor of lime.
  11. Adjective.  Lime-green.
  12. Verb.  (context, West Indies) To hang out, pass time on the streets.
  13. Noun.  (anime) A fan fiction story that stops short of full, explicit descriptions of sexual activity; a story characterized by PG-13 level explicitness; or one that approaches an intimate scene, and then goes "off-camera", with the intimacy left to the reader's imagination.

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